Roland Garros: Jannik Sinner in quarters, swept away Moutet in comeback
Roland Garros: Jannik Sinner sweeps Moutet in comeback
Jannik Sinner defeated Frenchman Corentin Moutet 3-1 in a comeback in the match valid for the fourth round of Roland Garros: after a horror first set, lost 6-2, the Blue è finally entered the match and came back winning the subsequent partials 6-3, 6-2, 6-1, qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Parisian Slam, where he will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
The South Tyrolean tennis player è got off to a terrible start in the first set, immediately suffering a break, and then committing a series of errors that allowed his opponent to repeat. Moutet, world number 79, broke the world number two again in the third and fifth halves to the delight of the crowd thronging the Chatrier stands, almost in disbelief at the departure of their favorite. Sinner, in total blackout, gave the first signs of awakening in the sixth game, when he è managed to recover a break, but then still surrendered 6-2: è the first set lost in the tournament by Jannik.
The second set also did not è start well, with the Frenchman’s new break still disorienting the Blue with his game with many variations and bunts. But Sinner immediately hit the counterbreak in the second game, and then regained the solidity of his serve. L'Azzurro regained confidence and è finally entered the match, posting another break in the sixth game and closing out the second set 6-3.
Moutet in the third partial began to pay for the frantic pace of the first two sets and è dropped, no longer being able to oppose in response to the world number two’s serve and committing a series of fatal errors. Sinner, clearly on the rise, started the set with an immediate break and then led the partial set, closing 6-2, hitting another break in the fifth game.
Sinner then dominated the fourth set, finally re-establishing the hierarchy against an exhausted and very nervous Moutet. After the immediate break in the first game, the San Candido champion played on velvet, crumbling the last vague hopes of the transalpine, who lost his service twice more for the final 6-1.
