He’s great Jannik Sinner on Chinese soil. After the difficulties and malaise accused in the quarterfinals against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrovthe blue redeems himself and beats the world number 2 again Carlos Alcaraz (with the score of 7-6, 6-1) in the semifinal of theATP 500 in Beijingthus reaching another final, the fifth of his 2023. In the last act he will now find himself facing the Russian Daniel Medvedev (clearly winning against Alexander Zverev), a real taboo for the South Tyrolean until now. However, the match against Alcaraz also acquires historical value for all of Italian tennis. In fact, with this success it will be Sinner from next Monday number 4 in the worlda position that an Italian tennis player had not occupied for 47 years, since 1976 with Adriano Panatta. All at just 22 years old.
And to think that Sinner’s match had started in the worst possible way. Ready, go and Alcaraz immediately finds himself on top of a break and with the ball for the double advantage. The escaped danger shakes the blue. Counter-break, break and new counter-break by Sinner. The balance is not broken while instead the quality it rises minute by minute. The tie-break therefore appears natural conclusion of a first half played at a very high level. Here Sinner takes advantage of a few too many errors Spanish and closes the set after more than an hour of play. The advantage it profoundly changes the inertia of the challenge, and Sinner is very good at taking advantage of it. First round of serve of the second set and Alcaraz immediately loses serve. The Spanish tries to react but Sinner doesn’t concede anything, canceling all five break points available. Last shivers that anticipate the decisive sprint, which translates as the double break advantage and ends with a weak backhand under Alcaraz’s tape.
As mentioned, the Beijing final represents a historic moment for Italian men’s tennis. From Monday 9 October an Italian will return to number 4 in the world ranking. Before Sinner he had only succeeded Adriano Panatta in 1976, after the titles at the Internazionali d’Italia in Rome and at Roland Garros. In one fell swoop the blue overcomes Holger RuneAndrey Rublev e Stephens Tsitsipas. In the women’s competition, however, there were two tennis players capable of rising so high in the rankings: Sara Errani in 2013 and Francesca Schiavone in 2011. But this final is also something else. Sinner puts an end to the controversies that have arisen over the last month over the South Tyrolean’s decision not to respond to the call up to the national team for the Coppa Davis. Now access to the ATP Finals in Turin is really one step away, and the official announcement could arrive at the next Masters 1000 in Shanghai, in which Sinner will make his debut against one of Marcos Giron e Daniel Galan. But first there is the ninth title to be won career (the third this season after Montpellier and the Masters 1000 in Toronto), to finally try to reverse a trend against Medvedev which sees him behind in the direct clashes for six to zero.
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