Jannik Sinner beats Alex De Minaur in due set (6-3, 6-4) in an hour and a half of the match and flies to the final all’Atp 500 Of Vienna, where he will face Alexander Zverev, who beat Lorenzo Musetti. In a complicated week – bombarded by criticism after renouncing the Davis Cup – the South Tyrolean conceded little to De Minaur and beat him for the twelfth time in previous twelve overall.
Attentive, concentrated and proactive: after the dominance against Bublik, Sinner played an almost perfect match and already in first set he had managed to direct it – going on 4-0 – thanks to a few too many errors from the opponent. The blue player lost serve only once (the first in the tournament) in the first set: in the fifth game, when however he was already up by two breaks. In the second set the two start well on serve, but – afterwards break e controbreak between the fifth and sixth game – in the seventh it is Sinner who has the decisive break, going to 4-3 and break. From there we play on serve, with Sinner closing the second set for 6-4.
The blue had a good performance on serve: 67% of first balls and 74% of points won. Only two break points were granted to De Minaur: both made the most of by the Australian. For Sinner it is the 31st final at ATP level, the eighth in season. An excellent balance sheet considering that for three months (February, March and April) he was stopped due to the Wada suspension on the Clostebol case. This is the twentieth consecutive victory on indoor hard courts, the ninth in a row in Vienna.
Worth noting is one “unusual” warning: in the seventh game of first set Sinner received a warning from the Irishman Fergus Murphy for not restarting the game within the permitted time. In the subsequent change of pitch, the South Tyrolean explained that he needed some second more to serve, but the umpire replied that in that case he would have to raise his arm to get his attention. At that point Sinner countered: “It’s not as you say, you were wrong…”.
Sinner’s words
“I wanted play e serve well. Il first set it was a lot physicist: I’m happy to have won in two sets. I expected that it would change a couple of things for me, but I don’t want to say it (laughs, ed.). He knows how to wear myself under pressure, when you don’t serve very well you have to play every point and therefore the match can become physical. I tried to open up the field and make many small changes. I’m satisfied with how I managed, I’m happy with my performance also on a mental level.”
On the energy spent during this tournament: “I spent a little, even on the expectations that people have but also me towards myself. I try to play in the improve of the modi. I arrived quite late, but now I’m happy to be in finale. Now it’s important to be ready for tomorrow, let’s hope for a good final.”
