It is advisable to have coffee. Because we will have to stay awake at night – between Monday and Tuesday – to push Jannik Sinner in his hunt for the quarterfinals of the US Open: the super challenge between the South Tyrolean and Sascha Zverev will be the last match against Arthur Ashe, after the eighth female between Kasatkina and Sabalenka. The timing of the other match not to be missed on Day 8 of the US Open is decidedly more convenient: Matteo Arnaldi will challenge Carlos Alcaraz on Monday evening, in the second match of the day again on the most important field of Flushing Meadows after the American derby between Madison Keys and Jessica Pegula, scheduled at 18 Italian.
arnaldi alcaraz at sera
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An unmissable day, with two matches to be experienced. For Arnaldi this is the most important match of his young career: the boy from Sanremo is in the first eighth final in a Grand Slam, he will play in one of the most famous fields in the world against the reigning champion and current number 1 in the ranking (pending that the scepter returns to Djokovic’s hands at the end of the tournament). Matteo comes to the match against Alcaraz with the impetus of an extraordinary journey so far in New York: after Kubler’s withdrawal in the first match, Arnaldi beat Fils in a five-set battle and Norrie in three.
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When Sinner takes the field, it will instead be late at night. Jannik plays to return to the quarterfinals of the US Open after the burning defeat of the last edition against Alcaraz, an opponent that he could find again this year at the same point of the tournament. However, the balance against Zverev is negative: three successes to one in favor of the German, with Jannik’s only success dating back to the first challenge, in the round of 16 at Roland Garros in 2020. The last direct clash, in 2022 in Monte Carlo, was it was a marathon, won by the German at the tie break of the third in the quarterfinals. Both players lost a set in the third round: Sinner against Wawrinka, Zverev with Dimitrov. It is the most intriguing round of 16 of the whole tournament. On the Grandstand, four other challenges are scheduled, two for men and as many for women: Vondrousova-Stearns, Rublev-Draper, Jabeur-Zheng and Medvedev-De Minaur. But for Italian enthusiasts, it will be Sinner and Arnaldi’s day. And their two matches not to be missed.
2023-09-03 21:43:00
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