Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 in Shanghai. The Italian, number 1 in the world, today 9 October in the round of 16 beats the American Ben Shelton, number 14 in the draw, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) in 1h29′. With the 62nd victory of the year, Sinner has reached the quarter-finals in all 14 tournaments played so far.
The South Tyrolean will face the winner of the match between the Russian Daniil Medvedev, seeded number 5, and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, number 10 in the draw.
The match
Sinner, his fourth success in 5 direct matches with the American (victory in the round of 16 in Shanghai a year ago), took advantage of the only break point available in the first set to make the difference. The 23-year-old from South Tyrol risks big in the second set: cancels 2 break points in the sixth game and 3 in the eighth.
In total, in the match, the blue erased all 7 break points faced. In the second half we go to the tie-break and, as often happens, Sinner raises the level: Shelton, who turns 22 today, wins only one point and the world number 1 closes the score without conceding anything to his rival.
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