Rune, heading to the final after taking on another tough youth battle against the Sinner

Carlos Alcaraz, current world No. 2, became the youngest No. 1 in history at the age of 19 in 2022. already champion of US Openthe present and the future of the Murcian look very good, but especially two of his classmates from the generation show every day that they are also ready for great levels at the height of tennis: Holger Rune and Jannik Sinner.

The Dane, 19 years old and ranked 9th, and the Italian, 21st and 8th, starred in a surprising semifinal in Masters 1,000 on Monte Carlo clay to endorse the quality of one and the other on large stages and with a lot of tension in the atmosphere.

Rune won this time and will play this Sunday (2:30 pm) in the final against the Russian. Andrei Rublev (6th) after taking another tough battle of youngsters against Sinner: 1-6, 7-5 and 7-5 in 2h.46′ of play.

HOLGER STUNNER 🇩🇰@holgerrune2003 edging out Sinner 1-6 7-5 7-5 in one of the best deciding sets you’ll see ALL YEAR!#RolexMonteCarloMasters pic.twitter.com/TnDV4jN8hZ

—Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 15, 2023

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Rune struggled to keep his machinery lubricated and gave away the first set in just over half an hour (1-6), but the match grew after that to a simmer, especially when both tennis players returned to the court after . rain break with 3-0 in the second sleeve.

Sinner, whose mental strength was evident in his win over Alcaraz in the semifinals of Miamirestored parity by breaking Rune’s serve in the ninth game (4-5), from that point on emerged that version of the ‘bad boy’ for whom the Dane earned more antipathy than anything else .

Even so, it’s that impudence, sometimes even rudeness, that ignites him on court to solve delicate situations, as he showed in the final sprint of the second set. Dissatisfied with the mood in the stands, Rune silenced the audience and, far from threatening boos, continued to gesticulate rudely. With that behavior of his rival, Sinner, a young man without cocky tics, gained the support of the audience.

They will have similar manners, but the fact is that Rune took advantage of his fourth set point to break the Italian’s serve, score the second set (7-5) and force the third, which is also of an unusual degree, punctuated by some extraordinary points.

Jannik Sinner won that point 🤯@janniksin #RolexMonteCarloMasters pic.twitter.com/C3CKCN1UPW

—Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 15, 2023

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Rune was more forceful in the third set, without too much stress to hold his serve, quite the opposite of Sinner, whose streak kept him longer in the match as he saved two games, the fourth and the eighth, which lifted a total of five balls. of break favorable to danish.

At 6-5, their fight was over and Rune got another break in the 12th game (7-5), this one to seal the second Masters 1,000 final of his new career after winning the first in Paris-Bercy’2022where he gave full notice of his immense potential by winning five consecutive top-10 world titles that week, Hubert Hurkacz (10th), Andrei Rublev (9th), Carlos Alcaraz (1st), Felix Auger-Aliassime (8th) and Novak Djokovic (7th) in the final.

With Rublev, his rival in Sunday’s final, his balance is even (1-1) as the Russian eliminated him in the round of 16 of the last australia tomorrow after a hard-fought match that was resolved in a tiebreak of the fifth set 11-9.