Controversy Erupts at Monte Carlo Masters 1000 Quarterfinals: Jannik Sinner vs. Holger Rune

He Monte Carlo Masters 1000 live this Saturday some great semi-finals that will face Stefanos Tsitsipas already Jannik Sinner, on the one hand, already Novak Djokovic already Casper Ruud, for other. They will do so after a quarterfinal that has left some controversy. At least, after the fact.

Sinner beat this Friday Holger Rune in the big quarterfinal match 6-4, 6-7(6) y 6-3, in a fight that lasted more than two and a half hours of play. The Dane saved two match points in the tie-break of the second set, in which he came back from 6-4 to 6-8, but ended up giving in in the third set.

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Sinner thus continued his great season, while Rune was left with honey on his lips. He also did it on a day after Thursday, where he had had to finish his second round match against Sumit Nagal and in which he had to play a very tough round of 16 duel against Grigor Dimitrov.

Fatigue took its toll on the Dane in the third set and, perhaps for that reason, A message of support from the ATP to Jannik Sinner was not taken well at all, after which Rune has made it clear that he believes that the Italian had better conditions to face the match. Besides, accused the chair umpire of errors that favored the transalpine.

“May the force be with you, Jannik Sinner,” the ATP said with a video of one of the points of the match. Rune responded indignantly. “What does this mean, ATP? Not only, first of all, you did not give me the best conditions to play, because I had to play two games the day before without rest. Additionally, the chair umpire made key mistakes and gave me an unfair warning that disrupted my game. Above, ‘may the force be with you’. For God’s sake…” Rune exploded.

2024-04-13 09:30:56
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