Italian tennis returns from Wimbledon without a trophy, but it is the star of a genuine sporting miracle. Not only because of Jannik Sinner's victory in Melbourne, but also because of Jasmine Paolini's two Slam finals, which have propelled her to number five in the WTA rankings, and the tennis performance of Lorenzo Musetti, who has risen to number sixteen in the rankings. Matteo Berrettini may have advanced further at Wimbledon if he hadn't lost the derby in the second round to Sinner. Italian tennis players now appear to be at ease everywhere, at all latitudes and on all surfaces, including concrete, indoors, and on the green. "There are no secrets", Lorenzo Musetti stated. "The truth is that in Italy there are many tournaments, there are excellent coaches and talented players”. Angelo Binaghi, president of the Tennis Federation, claims the 'fast courts' project "that we presented in 2009 and developed by Renzo Furlan", who is now Jasmine's coach and the federation's technical director. "In modern tennis, more than 70 percent of the points are scored on hard courts and fast courts, we focused on that". As a result, Italy is now a tennis superpower, with not only stars like Sinner and Paolini, but also 9 and 5 tennis players ranked in the top 100 in the world.
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