Cincinnati: Jannik Sinner folds Alexander Zverev and flies to the final
Masters 1000 Cincinnati: Jannik Sinner-Alexander Zverev 7-6 5-7 7-6
Jannik Sinner è the first finalist of the Cincinnati Masters 1000. The South Tyrolean, in fact, bent German Alexander Zverev in three sets with a score of 7-6 5-7 7-6, after a marathon of more than three hours of play and thus breaking the streak of 4 consecutive knockouts against the Teutonic.
In the first set è Zverev to give the first jolt to the match, asè in the third game he managed to break the service from the blue. The world number one, at that point, begins to find more and more confidence and in the tenth game gets to the counter-break that then leads to the tie-break, which is interrupted by rain. When play resumed, Sinner managed to be more responsive and closed the score on 11-9.
In the second partial è again the German took the lead, converting another break point in the fourth game. However, the South Tyrolean's reaction was not long in coming and the counter-break è immediate. The balance continued until the closing stages, where the world number four placed the decisive extension by again snatching service from his opponent in the 11th game and then closing the set on 7-5.
The third and decisive partial is played at a very high level by both sides. The two contenders, in fact, manage to be relentless on serve and the match slips to the tie-break, where Sinner, with the last remaining energy, gives an important jolt to the match, stretching to 6-3 and closing the score at 7-4.
Thanks to this success, Jannik Sinner gained the arithmetic certainty of remaining world number one after the Us Open. In the very final of the Cincinnati Masters 1000, the South Tyrolean will face American Frances Tiafoe, who beat Denmark's Holger Rune in three sets.
