Jannik Sinner doesn’t trust friend Jack Draper

Jannik Sinner doesn’t trust Jack Draper

Jannik Sinner defeated world and seeded No. 5 Daniil Medvedev in four sets (6-2 4-6 6-1 6-2), qualifying for the first time in his career for the Us Open semifinals. "I knew it was going to be a physical match, we know each other very well,” said the azure in the heat. “I made points at the net, we work a lot on this aspect of the game, I know I have to improve a lot, I tried to mix tactics. 

The world number one è was particularly aggressive, especially in the third set, where he è went down to the net several times to take the point: "We prepared to play an aggressive game, with my team we always work to try to improve on this aspect and try to take more and more time away from the opponent. I was happy on this aspect today of the performance of my game".

In the penultimate act of the U.S. Slam, the South Tyrolean will face his friend Jack Draper, who beat Alex De Minaur in the quarterfinals and has yet to lose a set during the entire tournament: "We know each other well, we are friends off the court, it will be tough because he is playing incredible, for the moment I am happy to be in the semifinals".

"No match is a foregone conclusion, the semifinals è always difficult. He is serving great and playing his best tennis. When the match is over we will go back to being the friends we always were" concluded Sinner at SuperTennis microphones.