Epic battle between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open: in the end, after 5 hours and 18 minutes, the Spaniard wins and qualifies for the semifinals.
Exciting match on Arthur Ashe, made up of great exchanges and extraordinary points that have sent the American public into a frenzy: Alcaraz has avenged the two defeats suffered this year at the hands of the South Tyrolean, in what is a challenge between baby phenomena destined to repeat itself many times over the next few years.
The score in favor of Alcaraz is 6-3, 6-7, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 . One of the best matches of the year, if not the best ever.
Alcaraz starts very well and wins the first set without too many worries for 6-3. Then another game begins. In the second set Sinner goes ahead by a break, gets caught up and wins at the tiebreak 9-7 after having canceled the beauty of five set points.
In the third set it is Alcaraz who escapes, but Sinner takes him back twice forcing him to a tiebreak, which the South Tyrolean dominates 7-0 .
In the fourth it is the blue who goes forward, twice: at 5-4 he goes to serve for the match and wastes a match point , then he crashes 7-5. In the decisive part Sinner breaks the 3-2 but then goes out, Alcaraz runs away, wins 6-3 and earns the semifinal against the home idol Tiafoe. The other semifinal will be between Ruud and Kachanov, none of the four has ever won a Grand Slam.
(Unioneonline / L)
