There is only one ticket left for the ATP Finals semi-finals, which will be distributed to the Bjorn Borg group after the match. Big win for Jannik Sinner. The player from San Candido defeated Alexander Zverev in two sets (6-4 and 6-3) on the second day of the tournament this Wednesday. Confirmed their classification as “cicada” in just over an hour and a half. Felix Auger-Aliassime, who defeated American Ben Shelton 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, and the German will play for another spot in the next round this Friday.
Within the Bjorn Borg group, Auger-Aliassime and Shelton are firing, and the Canadian continues to aspire to reach the semi-finals. Back indoors on the hard courts of Inalupi Arena. For two and a half hours, both players earned over 70% of their points on serve, almost eliminating the remaining players’ substitutes.
This is how the duel began Shelton is accurate with his serve and solid at the back of the court. (Only 5 unforced errors). His determination paid off, as he broke his opponent’s serve at the first opportunity and took a 1-4 lead. nevertheless His doubts helped end the set and gave it a Canadian feel. (4-5), Atlanta’s break‘
That second break hurt Auger-Aliassime, but his very high level of serving (85% of first serves) allowed him to continue in the “saint” while regaining confidence in his shots. And neither yields to the rest; 2nd set was as expected tie breaker Where the team from Montreal led From the beginning. Despite wasting his first three chances, he eventually (9-7) forced a third set with similar inertia.
At 15-40 in the fourth game, there was a threat of a turnover, but Shelton pulled it off and everything seemed to be headed for another sudden death. So Auger-Aliassime pushes to lead 6-5. break decisiveit no longer helped that Shelton had prevented two previous match points with kicks. The win would keep the Canadian in the tournament, as speculation would increase if he defeated Zverev on the final day.
meanwhile, The player from Atlanta had no future left in this Masters Cup. The German army was defeated in 1 hour and 38 minutes. Courtesy of the locals, the Italian quickly disabled two breakpoints and has not hesitated in service since. Even worse for Zverev; His opponent seemed to be Yannik “The Killer”.
That became clear in the 10th game of the first set. Sinner did not blame the rest for missing the 15-40 victory;as soon as I had a chance to break again I did so and closed my first sleeve. Looking ahead to the next match, the momentum continued and Zverev was clearly exasperated as San Candido’s players erased a 40-0 deficit in the third game (2-1).
In subsequent matches, the German player criticized the conduct of the referee, and in the fifth game (3-2) he demanded that one of the signboard announcements at the foot of the court be turned off. Caught up in so many minutiae, what happened in the 6th (4-2) other break For sinners on their way to victoryIt didn’t take long for this to materialize and he qualified for the ‘Semi’.
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