The Avila Dani Rincon, The 18-year-old will play in the final of the men’s junior tournament of the US Open 2021 against the No. 1 of the U-18 world ranking, the Chinese Junchen Shang.
Rincon, who trains in the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar Since September 2019, he has defeated Swiss hope Jerome Kym, who is almost two meters tall, 3-6, 7-6 (4) and 6-4 in 2h.22 ‘in the semis.
The Spanish went ahead 5-2 in the second heat, in which he was down 5-6, reacting to reach the ‘tiebreak’, dominate it and force a third set in which he was ahead until closing his classification.
Shang beat Frenchman Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 6-4, 6-4.
Rincón was a quarterfinalist in the last junior at Roland Garros, alternating this circuit with the search for his first ATP points in ITF tournaments.
He will continue to be the second Spaniard to triumph in this junior men’s category, after the already distant success of Javier Sánchez Vicario in 1986, beating Argentine Franco Davín.
Rincón has played Rafa Nadal’s ‘sparring’ at the academy and is part of the generation of Carlos Alcaraz, with whom he has achieved team base victories with the Spanish team. After concluding his cycle at the Technification Center of the Federation of Castilla y León, he passed through the CAR of Sant Cugat of the RFET. Then, destination to Manacor in 2019, a course in which he dominated the Orange Bowl sub-16 in singles and doubles.
