Clear path. Jannik Sinner's march to the Australian Open continues, unstoppable. The South Tyrolean also beats the Russian Andrej Rublev, number 5 in the world, in three sets and gains access to the semi-finals of the first Slam of the season .
Sinner won with a score of 6-4, 7-6, 6-3 in 2 hours and 41 minutes. The first set was decided between the fourth and fifth game, when the Italian first canceled two break points, then broke his opponent's serve and then held his service rounds without worries until the final 6-4.
The second set was much more complicated, in which Rublev showed his best tennis. But Jannik resists when he has to suffer and, down 5-1 in the tiebreak, he scores 6 points in a row and wins it by playing sensational tennis . The Russian is demoralized and, after trying at the beginning of the third set, gives up serve again in the sixth game and raises the white flag .
Sinner thus reached the semi-final without losing a single set . On Friday he will face world number 1 Novak Djokovic, who on the Italian night beat the American Fritz in just under 4 hours with a score of 7-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 .
The most awaited race. Sinner gets there very well, without losing a set. Djokovic started off a bit with the handbrake on, suffering too much for his standards in the first two rounds, but in the last few matches he has raised his level dramatically. The precedents say 4-2 for the Serbian, two of the last three were won by Sinner at the end of last season , when they faced each other four times, if we also consider the double: the Italian won in the round robin of the ATP Finals and lost in the final, then won singles and doubles in Malaga in the Davis Cup semi-finals.
Sinner, in short, can do it. But the clear favorite remains Djokovic, who is a master of 3 out of 5, in Melbourne he has won 33 victories in a row and has won this tournament 10 times, like no one has managed to do .
(Unioneonline/L)
