Sameer Banerjee Was Hitting Partner At Nitto ATP Finals

2021 boys’ Wimbledon champion Sameer Banerjee was a hitting partner to players participating in the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. Bring top juniors to the year-end championship is part of ATP’s Junior Hitting Partner Initiative launched in 2016.

Speaking of the experience, Banerjee said:

It’s been great. Just being able to hit with all these top guys, seeing how they conduct themselves, how they run their practices, how they prepare for matches, how they are in the locker rooms, it’s pretty cool. It’s something I didn’t think I’d be able to see.

Banerjee got to spend a lot of time with Daniil Medvedev, who reached the final where he lost to Alexander Zverev. Medvedev told Banerjee that the differences between players in the Top 200 are very small. Top players just do some small things better.

Banerjee will be attending Stanford University in the fall after initially committing to Columbia University and backing out. He reached a peak junior ranking of world number 2 in July 2021.

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Ashleigh Barty Engaged To Golfer Garry Kissick After Dating For 5 Years

Ashleigh Barty announced her engagement to her longtime boyfriend Garry Kissick. Barty shared a picture of the two with the caption, “Future husband”. The couple has been dating since 2016.

Kissick is a golf professional at the Brookwater Golf and Country Club in Queensland. Several top players including Simona Halep, Sam Stosur, and Casey Dellacqua offered their best wishes to the couple on Instagram.

Though the couple likes to stay low profile, Kissick traveled to Wimbledon despite the COVID-19 restrictions in Australia. Barty warmly embraced him in the stands after winning the title. 

Ashleigh Barty capped off an incredible season- she won the Wimbledon title and finished as world number one for the third straight year. Only Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams, and Chris Evert have finished number one three years in a row.

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