The journey of Jannik Sinner ends, the South Tyrolean tennis player who lost in two sets to the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals of the Internazionali d’Italia. After a very hard-fought first set and ended at the tie-break after an hour and 26 minutes, the blue dropped sharply in condition in the second set ended with a 6-2 against him. Between the two sets, there was also a medical time out. In the semifinals the Greek, fresh Monte Carlo champion who appeared today in a dazzling version, will find Alexander Zverev.
For Sinner this is another missed opportunity to win against one of the top 5 tennis players in the world, after he lost against the German Zverev in Monte Carlo. «Today I was satisfied with what I did in the first set – indicates Sinner -. In the second, however, I did not push as I should. If we look at the number of points scored in the first set, I am ahead of Tsitsipas by two points. I had several occasions to close in my favor, but in the end he saved himself with the serve ».
The discussion also goes on the physical problems Sinner complained of between the two sets. “If without the physical problems I could win? Perhaps, one cannot know. I certainly played the first set evenly. Then what could have happened in the second set, we cannot know »continues Sinner. The South Tyrolean tennis player still lacks something, especially on the physical side, to compete with the best in the world. «I’m making progress from a technical point of view, also on the net game. Certainly part of the gap between me and the first in the world is physical. I have to see how to improve. Now I will try to prepare hard for Roland Garros. I like longer matches, 3 sets out of 5 ».
On the other hand, the Greek Tsitsipas is in great condition: «My performance – he explains – was very constant, especially in the tiebreak where I had to make some important decisions. In these critical moments, I was really precise and I knew exactly what to do ». Now Alexander Zverev awaits him: «He is a difficult player to beat. He has a lot of experience on the tour, where he started before me. Every time I meet him, I have to bring out the best in my game and really show what I am capable of in terms of tennis »indicates Tsitsipas.
In the evening, the Norwegian Casper Ruud, who beat the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the architect in the quarterfinals of the win against Rafa Nadal, 7-6 / 7-5, finally bought the ticket for the semifinals. Ruud awaits the winner of the match between the number one of the scoreboard Nole Djokovic and Felix Auger-Aliassime.