The Editorial Staff Sunday 21 January 2024, 5.40pm
MELBOURNE (Australia) – “First of all I would like to say that Alex De Minaur played a fantastic match. Two weeks ago he said that he would have liked to see such a special match. When I was down 2-1 I broke him at the beginning of the fourth game, then he recovered me. At that point I said ‘No, I can’t give up, maybe I’ll die on the field, but I have to give everything’. I put all my energy into play and in the end I managed to win“. And Andrej Rublev’s analysisJannik Sinner’s next opponent in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, after the success in the round of 16 against the 24-year-old ‘host’.
L’elogio a De Minaur
“It’s always difficult to play against De Minaur. We had already faced each other several times in various parts of the world and they had been dramatic matches. He is one of the fastest players on the circuitI like the way he moves and raises his legs. It’s crazy. You could see how difficult it is to play against him. Naturally, I’m just happy to be in the quarterfinals. Was I tired at the end? Well, it’s normal, when you play for four hours, with very tough rallies, you need to do some stretching. After four hours I started to feel some pain in my legsbut it’s normal“, admits Rublev, who then makes a nice joke about his next opponent, Jannik Sinner…
Tennis, the last ball played by Sinner in 2023
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