Jannik Sinner is in the semifinal at Wimbledon .
The Italian tennis player defeated the Russian Roman Safiullin , number 92 in the world, in 4 sets: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 the score in 2 hours and 17 minutes of play.
Authoritative game of the South Tyrolean, who made his greatest caliber count on the Russian, the big surprise of the tournament, if we exclude an empty pass that cost him the second set .
In the first partial, the break in the ninth game was decisive, in the second Sinner also went ahead 3-1, scoring 12 points in a row. Then a collapse: the Russian places 5 games in a row and a run of 20 points to 5, reaching a draw .
In the third we reach 2 all with Jannik who wastes several break points, but at 3-2 he breaks his opponent's serve and flies to 6-2. Same story in the fourth set, we arrive at 2-2, then the tear of Sinner who closes the match with four games in a row and reaches his first Grand Slam semifinal in his career .
He will face Novak Djokovic (who defeated him a year ago in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, recovering two sets down), who defeated Rublev with a score of 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 . The Serbian champion is in pursuit of the Grand Slam this year, having already triumphed at the Australian Open and Roland Garros.
(Unioneonline/L)
