Jannik Sinner suffered his second loss of the season, in twenty-seven games. He lost to Carlos Alcaraz in the semis of the ATP Masters 1000 in Indian Wells, losing in the penultimate round of Monte Carlo against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
He lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, in 2h.40′. A match that he controlled and began to fight him after a serious referee error, which was also accompanied by cramps that ended up affecting the king of the Australian Open.
At 3-1 in the third set and a break point for 4-1, Tsitsipas committed a double fault that was not appreciated by the chair umpire, the experienced Frenchwoman Aurelie Tourte, with the Grand Slam finals in her history. The point was played, and the Sinner lost it.
From a possible 4-1 Sinner, double break, to 3-2, leaving the Greek, two-time champion of the tournament, the best in 2021 and 2022, Tsitsipas came back, which brought him to Sunday’s finals and back to the top 10 world.
Sinner, no. 2, commented on the play in the press room. He forced his response, with the elegance and sportsmanship characteristic of him. “It’s already happened and there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s already in the past. Yes, it’s hard to accept, hard to assimilate, because I was playing good tennis, but we can all make mistakes, fortunately or unfortunately. I can also make mistakes.
Although “then I got cramps. Possibly the result of everything that happened. You activate the nervous side of the brain (smiles), and it’s not easy to play anymore.”
But, also complimentary words to the rival: “Stefanos raised his level, everything changed. It’s the fun part of tennis,” he said.
Starting in 2025 there will be no more line judges, everything will also be electronic.
The offender indicated to Aurelie Tourte that the ball had gone too far, but he said he did not appreciate it, and there was no word from the line referees. Since the Italian did not stop the game (it is difficult to do this), the point went to Tsitsipas. And from there, I turned to the eliminatory.
Source: La Verdad
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