As in the previous rounds, against Dutch Tallon Griekspoor and Hungarian Marozsan, Italian Jannik Sinner, world number one, needed three sets and his best tennis to emerge victorious in the duel against German Jan Lennard Struff (6 -2, 6-7(1) and 7-6(3) and reach the semifinals of the Halle tournament.
The tennis player from San Cándido, who debuted his status as number one in this event, has never achieved results of merit on this surface. Without a title or final on grass, Sinner managed to put himself in the top four after beating the German giant for the third time, all in 2024.
For the first time in his career, Sinner seeks the title in Halle. I have never come this far. And he almost lost against Struff, who pushed the Australian Open champion to the limit, because he could not break the German’s serve, who signed eighteen straight serves, neither in the second nor in the third set.
The transalpine will play in the penultimate section of the tournament where the winner of the clash between the Chinese Zhinzhen Zhang and the American Christopher Eubanks.
Zverev aims to make a comeback
Another semi-final will be played Alexander Zverev second favourite, who needs a comeback to advance in his duel against the Frenchman Arthur Fils (6-7(5), 6-3 and 6-4) and the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, winner in 2022, who defeated the American Marcos Giron in two sets 7-6(5) and 6-4, after one hour and 37 minutes.
The German will face Hurkacz in search of his third final in Halle. Zverev always beats Hurkacz. They have played three times and all on the German side. No one is in the grass.
Source: La Verdad
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