Tennis, Atp 250 Cagliari, Sonego beats Fritz: he is in the final

The Turin player dominates the first set then he gets back together in the second and closes by annihilating the American in two and a half hours. Awaits the winner between Djere and Basilashvili

Lorenzo Sonego overtakes Taylor Fritz 6-4 5-7 6-1 in 2 hours and 33 ‘in the semi-final of the ATP 25o in Cagliari and wins the first final on clay, the third in his career on the major circuit. In the fourth intersection between the two, the Turin number 34 in the world brings the previous 2-2 equal, and now awaits the winner of the second semifinal at the start shortly between the reigning champion of Pula 2020 the Serbian Laslo Djere, who had eliminated Musetti, and the Georgian Basilashivili (SuperTennis and Sky Arena). In the meantime, Sonego will play the final of the doubles paired with Andrea Vavassori opposed to the duo formed by Bolelli and the Argentine Molteni.

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The match

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That it would have been a hard-fought match was seen immediately, with breakpoints granted on both sides but the first to put his head in front is Lorenzo Sonego who in the fifth game snatches the serve from the American. The Turin number 34 in the world, however, offers his side to Fritz in the 7th game, the excellent American in response hangs up the score but Sonego’s reaction is immediate, with five consecutive points he resumes the lost serve and goes to serve for the first set . A delicate game where he is 30-30, he is forced to serve two firsts on the decisive points but manages to bring home the first set thanks to a backhand on the net of the 23-year-old from Rancho Santa Fe. Fifty-five minutes of battle to close 6-4 and aim straight for the second Atp final in his career, after the one (won) on the grass of Antalya 2019 and the one he lost in 2020 in Vienna against Rublev, after beating Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. Second set that opens again with an arm wrestling to the advantages and a first break point for Lorenzo Sonego, very good at making it with a crossed passer-by in recovery that leaves the US number one motionless. The break is confirmed by the Turin player who breaks Fritz’s serve again by extending up to 3-0. Shortly after, however, an empty pass by Gipo Arbino’s pupil allows Fritz to recover a break and go 3-2. But there is still a bad hitch for Sonego who, with the first double fault of the match, gives a break to Fritz who returns in a draw. All to be redone with the Turin player who went from 3-0 to 3-4 for the American. In the eighth game Sonego refocuses and holds a fundamental service to stem the comeback of his rival, immediately after he does not exploit the ball of 5-4 and finds himself beating to stay in a set in which he was in front 3-0. At 6-5 Fritz has a set point, a backhand from the Turin player gives him the set. Third act that opens with a break from Sonego and two saved balls from the counterbreak to find themselves, again, at 3-0. And again an opportunity to recover one of the two breaks for Fritz. The ghosts of the comeback of the second set are immediately swept away by Lorenzo’s 5-0 who goes to close not before having given up the bar, 6-1.

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