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Sinner, first time in the quarterfinals in Rome. “With Tsitsipas it won’t be like in Australia”

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Sinner, first time in the quarterfinals in Rome.  “With Tsitsipas it won’t be like in Australia”

It is still Jannik Sinner’s day at the Internazionali d’Italia di tennis, taking place at the Foro Italico. The South Tyrolean tennis player hits the quarterfinals of the tournament for the first time in his career: 6-2, 7-6 to Serbian Filip Krajinovic. Now he will challenge Stefanos Tsitsipas for a place in the semifinals: 3-1 precedents in favor of the Greek, the last one a few months ago in Australia in a game without history.

«In Australia – explains Sinner – Tsitsipas played well, but I didn’t. Here we are on clay, however, and it’s different. He is also playing well so far, I saw today’s game and he quickly raised the level of him. It will certainly be a good test for me to understand where I have improved ».

The spotlight is on the new partnership with the coach Simone Vagnozzi, who has taken the place of Riccardo Piatti. «With Vagnozzi – says Sinner – we are working hard, but not only on changing the game. Also about being smarter and understanding what the opponent is doing. I’m doing it well at times, like today in the first set. In training it is clearly easier, but tomorrow will be a match where I will have to stay more on my game to immediately raise the level »concluded the blue.

Today the favorites among the seeded players have passed. Alexander Zverev was the first tennis player to enter the quarterfinals of the Internationals. The German beat Australian Alex De Minaur in two sets with a score of 6-3, 7-6 (7-6) in 1 hour and 50 minutes of play. Friday will challenge the winner of the duel between Garin and Cilic. Tsitsipas, Sinner’s next opponent, recovered instead the passage to the next round, beating Karen Khachanov after an hour and 51 minutes by a score of 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. Finally the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime won without problems on the American Marcos Giron folded 6-3, 6-2. For him in the quarterfinals there will be the number one on the scoreboard, Novak Djokovic who overtook Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-2.

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