The world No. 2 awaits Alcaraz or Aliassime in Sunday’s decision
se Yannick Siner He no longer has access to Spanish Carlos Alcaraz Leads the standings Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) At the end of the season, at least you will have a chance to win a title Two-time ATP Finals championThis was in front of his fans at the Inalbi Arena in Turin, Italy.
This Saturday the 15th, after a balanced start, the Italian, ranked second in the world, started the match and had no difficulty overcoming Australian Alex de Minaur, seventh in the ATP rankings, for the 13th time in 13 meetings.
With his victory by 2 sets to 0, and parts of 7/5 and 6/2, in 1 hour and 52 hours, Sinner advanced to a third successive decision in the tournament that brings together the best eight tennis players on the circuit.
After losing the 2023 decision to Serbian Novak Djokovic and defeating American Taylor Fritz last year, Sinner awaits the winner of the other semi-final match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (ranking leader) and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (eighth), who will face each other at 4:30 pm (Brasilia time) on Saturday. The decision is scheduled to be made on Sunday at 2pm (Brasilia time).
Dominance on serve was crucial
The first set was played point by point. Sinner had a chance to break the Australian’s serve in the first game, but wasted two break points. De Minaur came back and took a 40-0 lead in the second game, but the Italian recovered and saved three break points to confirm serve.
From then on, Sinner was dominant on serve – 78% to 54% correct on first serve – and played aggressively, creating eight break chances in games seven, nine and 11. In this final attempt, De Minaur was unable to avoid the break and the world No. 2 moved up the scoreboard for the first time, at 6/5, to close at 7/5.
De Minaur, tired and very unfocused, was unable to maintain his balance in the second set. Overpowered, Sinner undermined his opponent’s resistance with powerful serves.
Better in rallies, unlike the previous part, the Italian left the Australian trapped and broke the services of his rival in the first matches, opening a comfortable 4-0 lead.
Even with the victory achieved, Sinner maintained his strength and was able to achieve victory and took advantage of the second match point in his favor to confirm the partial advantage at 6/2, closing the match in two sets to 0, a result that put him one victory away from his second title in the ATP Finals.
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