Jannik Sinner, the dream continues: crashed Rublev, now there’s Djokovic
Jannik Sinner in semifinals at Australian Open
Jannik Sinner's dream at the Australian Open continues: the South Tyrolean defeated Andrey Rublev three sets to zero in the quarterfinals of the season's first slam, equaling his best result in one of the four major tournaments (he also reached the penultimate act at Wimbledon 2023). Next opponent Novak Djokovic, who got the better of Taylor Fritz 3-1.
6-4, 7-6(5), 6-3 the partials in favor of Sinner in the match played Tuesday. The azure è seemed è to suffer his opponent only in the second set, but è was good at reacting at the moment of maximum difficulty, when he è found himself down 1-5 in the tie-break, signing six consecutive points that, in addition to securing 2-0 in the set count, made the Russian collapse psychologically.
In the third and final fraction, in fact, Rublev held out until 2-2, then Sinner shifted into top gear and è flew to success, without any particular difficulty.
By reaching the semifinals, Jannik has already won his best result at the Australian Open today. Now the Serbian champion awaits him.
Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic have faced each other six times on the ATP circuit, with four wins for Nole and two for the Italian. The last previous one è a very sweet memory for Jannik and all Italian tennis fans: it was in fact the 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 Davis Cup victory that allowed Italy to avoid a knockout against Serbia in the semifinals.
