Sinner: On the Verge of Sixth Consecutive Slam Final

Jannik Sinner It could be perfectly Swiss, because, like the watches made in that country, it rarely fails sooner than expected or plausible. This Wednesday he demonstrated it again by easily defeating Ben Shelton (6-3, 7-4 and 6-4 in 2h23) and qualify for the third consecutive time for the semifinals of the Open the Australia. From the US Open 2024the 24-year-old Italian has reached, at least, the penultimate round of each Grand Slamssix in a row.

“It is very hard to play against Benbecause of his serve and because he improves year after year. So I’m very happy to have won and to be in the semi-finals again. Let’s see what happens”said Sinnerafter interpreting the service of the 23-year-old and 7th American very well. “I’m not good at math, so thank you”he joked when Jim Courier He spoke to the rest in the post-match interview about his numbers. “I think it’s a matter of instinct. It’s one of the most complicated challenges, subtracting his serve. But I think I’ve done phenomenally”he added.

Great rivalry

On Friday (09:30, Eurosport) will face Novak Djokovic. “These moments are why you train and get up in the morning. I hope it will be a good game. These games, regardless of the result, make you improve as a player and as a person. It will be a great battle and very complicated”. It will be the eleventh time they meet on a track, fifth in the semifinals of a Slam. Since 2023, the Serbian has not been able to find a way to stop the Saint Candidewho dominates the head-to-head 6-4 and has won their last five matches.

Sinnerwho is on a 20-win streak, committed only 16 unforced errors and, although he served worse than in the previous matches, his aggressiveness (33 winners) alleviated the effect of that inferior performance.

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