The favorites are having an impeccable Australian Open. Seven players from the top-10 entered the quarterfinals, and the eighth (Taylor Fritz) will return to this group after this first Grand Slam of the season.
The semi-finals are also starting to have a high profile. One of the dream matchups for this edition at Melbourne Park is now a reality. The Italian Jannik Sinner, 22 years old and world number 4, confirmed his match, on Friday, against the Serbian Novak Djokovic36 and No. 1, by defeat Andrey Rublev26 years old and number 5.
Just after one in the morning, after a day of marathon matches at the Rod Laver Arena, Sinner confirmed his best result in Australia by reaching the semis. He beat Rublev 6-4, 7-6 (5) and 6-3 in 2h.38′, reaching the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the tenth time. A wall for Spanish students Fernando Vicente and ‘Beto’ Martín.
sinful, Already a semi-finalist at Wimbledon 2023, he maintains his upward trend. Hero captain in the conquest of the last Davis Cup, reunited with you Novak Djokovicwhom he defeated in two of his last three matches, with distribution in the ATP Finals and transalpine dominance in the Davis Finals in Malaga.
Not a single set went Sinner’s way, who in the middle of the second set raised an alarm by pressing the oblique muscles on the right side of his stomach. He didn’t give the impression of anything more than a slight occasional annoyance.
In the tiebreak of that set he rattled off six straight points, going from 1-5. The sinner saved all eight break balls against him. He finished in an ungodly time, but there is room for recovery as he will not race on Wednesday or Thursday.
The ten-time champion definitely needs more rest Djokovicto face a high temperature and a Taylor Fritz zappy. He lost again by a set, the third in five games. He won 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3 in 3h.45′.
He Djokovic-Sinner promises. Like the second semi-final, which will take place this Wednesday. The first star will appear from Medvedev-Hurkacz and the second, of Zverev-Alcaraz.
Source: La Verdad
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