The Italian Jannik Sinner (4) defeated Argentine Sebastián Báez (26) 6-0, 6-3 and 6-3which gave him a ticket for the third consecutive year for the round of 16 of the Australian Open.
“I think I played very well. I think we had a little difference in the pre-season but we worked hard outside the track especially and today I feel really good.“, commented a Sinner who finished the season at the end of November with the Davis Cup title and decided not to compete until the first ‘slam’ of the year.
Sinner became the tennis player with the best tennis level at the beginning of the competition after closing out a new match without taking any games on his serve, in a clash that ended in 34 winners. A show of power before the final rounds, where He will face Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.
In his previous match against Dutchman Jesper de Jong, the transalpine did not offer any breaking balls on his serve and in his match with the Argentine he was able to defend the four he received.
Sinner, who played his match at the Margaret Court Arena, He became the second Italian with the most exits (11) in the fourth round of a Grand Slamafter passing his compatriot Matteo Berrettini (10) and getting close to Nicola Pietrangeli who participated 16 times in the round of 16.
Her next opponent is Russian Karen Khachanov (15)after he advanced against Czech Tomas Macchac 6-4, 7-6(4), 4-6 and 7-6(5).
The Italian has a favorable head-to-head (2-1) after he took matches played in Miami (Masters 1000) and Melbourne (ATP 250) in 2021, and stumbled into the 2020 US Open.
The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) also served as the favoritewho controlled the clash from start to finish for the first time in the competition, after defeating Frenchman Luca Van Assche by a resounding 6-3, 6-0 and 6-4, in just two hours at the Rod Laver Arena .
This is the fifth time the Greek tennis player has reached the fourth round at Melbourne Park, one of his favorite venues as he has great support as a result of the large Greek community in the state capital of Victoria.
His next rival is the American Taylor Fritz (12)who defeated Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and 6-2, in a match held at the John Cain Arena that lasted two hours and 23 minutes.
The Californian equaled his best record at the Australian Open and became the first of five Americans with a chance to reach the round of 16.
His compatriots with selections in the men’s draw are Sebastian Korda (29), Tommy Paul (14), Ben Shelton (16) and Alex Michelsen.
Source: La Verdad
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