The South Tyrolean champion takes revenge against the French Rinderknech, who had beaten him in Lyon: tomorrow the match against South African Lloyd Harris
A brick, or if you want an extra kilometer to the ATP Finals in Turin. Jannik Sinner takes revenge (6-4 6-2) on the French Arthur Rinderknech, 65 Atp, who had beaten him in the quarter-finals of Lyon in May, detaches the ticket for the semifinals of the European Open in Antwerp, Atp 250 from 506 thousand euros of prize money, and pockets other useful points in the appeal to the last two posts still free for the Finals. All in just over an hour and a quarter, with some small thrills only in the end of the first set, when Sinner conceded two break points. Jan canceled them with four ‘Sinner’ points and changed gears in the second.
As in the second round with Musetti, we saw a Sinner in excellent form, concentrated, effective even with the forehand. «I was solid today – says Jan – I had already played there in Lyon and I know that he is someone who likes to shoot hard, so I tried above all to play long». In the semifinal, – his fifth of the year after the three successes in the ATP 250 in Melbourne, in Washington and in early October in Sofia, the final in the ‘1000’ in Miami and the defeat in Barcelona against Tsitsipas – he will meet the South African Lloyd Harris, 32 Atp, seventh-seeded, who beat the Hungarian Fucsovics in two sets (6-2 7-5).
With Harris there is no precedent. Antwerp is a tournament of the heart for Sinner, who reached the semifinals two years ago in Belgium, stopped only by Stan Wawrinka after passing Monfils and Tiafoe, and can represent a turning point again this year. Number 13 in the ATP ranking, Jannik at the moment with 2685 points is 11th in the Race, the ranking that photographs the state of the race towards Turin, and 10 virtual since Nadal, number 8, will not participate in the Finals. In front of him Cameron Norrie, 10th with 2765 and Hubert Hurkacz, 9th with 2955, and Casper Ruud 7th with 3015. The arithmetic qualification bar is at 3860 points, and there are six players already qualified: Djokovic, Medvedev , Tsitsipas, Zverev, Rublev and Berrettini.
Semifinal also for Camila Giorgi: in Tenerife, in the quarterfinals of the new WTA 250 organized by Marcello Marchesini’s Italia Mef in the Canaries, she overtook the Dutch Arantxa Rus leaving her just two games (6-1 6-1). «A convincing match from all points of view – says Camila, # 36 WTA – I’m happy. Sometimes I struggle to find continuity and to be effective with the service, this time it worked from start to finish. I hope to end the year with a flourish. Here I feel good on and off the pitch, I haven’t decided yet if it will be the last of the season, for now I just want to concentrate on the semi-final ». It will be the 17th of his career, and he will play it against the winner of the match between the Spanish Maria Osorio, and the Chinese Saisai Zheng.
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