Sinner unrecognizable, Bublik smiles in Halle

From joy for the 'singing' debut with Andrea Bocelli, in the song 'Polvere e gloria', to the sadness for the defeat in the round of 500 of the Terra Wortmann Open (ATP 2,5 with prize money of XNUMX million euros): for Jannik Sinner It was a day of great emotions, which ended in a way that was certainly unexpected for the champion from Sesto Pusteria. On the grass of the Owl Arena Halle, in Germany, the world number 1 and reigning champion of the tournament (so many ranking points will start for Jannik) had to surrender to alexander bublik, number 45 in the ATP ranking, who however won in Halle in 2023 and is in great shape. Bublik won 3-6 6-3 6-4, now the Kazakh will have to deal with Tomas Machac, who beat Fabian Marozsan 6-2 6-3. A really bad day for Sinner, with too many errors and even a few moments of discouragement with his head hidden under the towel.

Stay in the running cobolli, who will face Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals, who was able to recover after a bad start against Lorenzo Sonego. The Piedmontese tennis player fought on equal terms but in the end surrendered to the German. Sonego, number 46 in the world, lost against the number 3 in the ATP ranking and second seed, with a score of 3-6 6-4 7-6 (2). In the quarter-finals, tomorrow, Zverev will challenge Flavio Cobolli, today winner in the third set tie-break against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov. 

Italy can still celebrate a final in the German tournament. Second consecutive final for Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, second in the seeding and defending champions. In the semifinals they left four games to the Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov defeated 6-2 6-2 in just 47 minutes. In Berlin instead Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini They booked their place in the semi-finals by coming from behind to defeat Americans Ashlyn Krueger and Jessica Pegula 5-7 6-1 10-6 in one hour and 21 minutes of play, securing their 13th consecutive victory.