TURIN (ITALPRESS) – Jannik Sinner continues to write history in Turin: for the first time an Italian tennis player reaches the semifinals of the ATP Finals. A goal that the 22-year-old from South Tyrol achieved even before taking to the court on the fast indoor Pala Alpitour: giving him the arithmetic certainty was his friend Hubert Hurkacz, who in the afternoon took the second set from Novak Djokovic and allowed the Italian to play with a clear head. And who knows, maybe this also gave him a hand in dispelling the Holger Rune taboo: the Dane had beaten him two times out of two, in Sofia last year (but on that occasion the Italian retired 5-2 down in the third set due to an injury to his right ankle) and then in the semifinals in Monte Carlo last April. But this time it is Sinner who wins: 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in 2h32′ of play, the score that allows the South Tyrolean to close this phase with three victories out of three and pass the Green group as first, also making a nice gift to Novak Djokovic who, having beaten Hurkacz in three sets, had to hope for the Italian’s success to reach the semifinals.
The Red Fox is now waiting for tomorrow’s matches to find out who among Medvedev, Alcaraz or Zverev will be his next rival, he will certainly try to be carried away by the home crowd again to add another piece to an unforgettable 2023 so far: best ranking with the fourth position reached at the beginning of October, six finals played of which 4 won (Montpellier, the Masters 1000 in Toronto, Beijing and Vienna, the two defeats came in Rotterdam and Miami), two successes over the world number 1 (Alcaraz in Miami and then Djokovic in Turin) as well as being the Italian with the most matches won at the ATP Finals, doing better than Adriano Panatta (1975), Corrado Barazzutti (1978) and Matteo Berrettini (2019, 2021). The next step is to make a leap in quality in the Slams where this year he reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon even if he stopped in the round of 16 in both Melbourne and New York and even in the second round at Roland Garros. But age is on his side, first it’s better to stay focused on these ATP Finals: there are other blank pages to fill.
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