The ATP Finals are on fire. If it is a luxury to have four of the world’s best in the semifinals, it is more so than a local tennis player heating up the stands of the Pala Alpitour Stadium in Turin by making history.
‘Oé, oé, oé, Sin-ner, Sin-ner’. Thirteen thousand throats cheered for the new Italian superhero, the first tennis player from this country to not only compete in the semis, but also make it to the final. Jannik Sinner, 22 years old and number 4, she is having the week of her life at home, turning pressure into excitement.
He reached the final of the tournament as the only undefeated player, after defeating the Russian Daniel Medvedev, 27 years old and No. 3, 6-3, 6-7 (4) and 6-1 in 2h.29′. With a spectacular culmination since their third set was a continuous show. A path to bliss.
This Sunday, before 6pm, he will have an appointment with a rival who does not have much time to rest, the survivor of the battle between debutants. Carlos Alcaraz and the six-time champion Novak Djokovicwhich Sinner could have eliminated from groups, but decided to fight and defeat Holger Rune on the last day of the Red Group.
There are four consecutive games won in Turin, ten on the circuit. With massive talent and possibilities, Sinner has confirmed the change for a better experience throughout this campaign. He has honed his tennis, his body, but most of all he has mastered his emotions. Your head manages better when you are faced with stressful situations.
They have won their last eight games against top 10 opponents. His last executioner was Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon semis. In Serbian these days may end. It breaks down personal barriers. Supported by the public, through an optimal state of form, he is also in his field. Indoor and hard court, balance of 17-1 this season. On aggregate, 61-14, becoming the third player to reach sixty victories, after Medvedev (66) and Alcaraz (64)
He had not lost to these elements since February, when he surrendered Daniel Medvedev in the final in Rotterdam. He suffered six losses against the Russian, until he recently reversed the trend in the finals in Beijing and Vienna. He kept it alive in Turin, thanks to a great reaction in the third race and responding to critical situations. A break ball against him, the first of the match, and he saved it with a great serve. He gave no more chances.
Medvedev He got up, due to an attack in the background, in the second set, and it showed in the tiebreak. The Muscovite requested medical time, and he joined the physio in the locker room after touching his right hip.
Minutes of cooling that didn’t look good on him. In the second game of the third set, he committed a double fault that gave Sinner a break. The frustration drove Medvedev out of his mind, and he threw the racquet to the ground and then addressed a spectator with signs that he should get off the court.
Medvedev lost his position, Sinner launched himself again, he regained the best level these days. He went for success with speed and determination. He didn’t let the Russian recover, crushing him to seal the classification. More parties in Turin, Italy.
This is Sinner’s fourteenth ATP final, he will be chasing what will become the most important title, his eleventh.
Source: La Verdad
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