Sinner also tames Medvedev at the ATP Finals: semi-final as group winner

Turin, 14 November 2024 – Yes they were watching under the radar since allenamenti.blue agent , Russian spy: in the afternoon it started at chess game lasting until the evening. Sinner and Medvedev took turns on a secondary court to then meet in the evening on the centre court under the floodlights. There, no strategies, and Sinner is the best at winning (6-3, 6-4) yet another novel-like challenge that has reached its sixteenth chapter: but the title is always the same, 'nobody wants to lose'. 

The blue team finishes first in the group. Even if Jannik qualification he had already hit it in the afternoon – he did her the favor Fritz, extinguishing the hopes of De Minaur in three sets -. Now he awaits the outcome of the duel-truth between Zverev and Alcaraz (tomorrow at 14 pm), before returning to the court on Saturday. 

The Bear in the abyss and then reborn. In this crazy ATP Finals It even went through a small racket revolution: now tight ropes like a violin to gain confidence in your shots. Sometimes this is enough to unlock a tennis player's mind, and so Daniil he rose again against De Minaur after the defeat against Fritz, accompanied by that disconcerting phrase "I no longer feel pleasure on the pitch". 

But against Jannik he knows it will be different. That Italian 'comeback' in the direct clashes is so painful and how in one year everything has changed as far as their head to head matches are concerned. And so the Muscovite sets up an attacking match like in the final of the Australian Open, with that elephant in the room still there: a Slam lost when leading 2-0.

He knows that he can't do anything wrong: a lost set means qualifying for the semi-finals or not: on the other side, however, there is the world number 1 who starts off decidedly better on serve than he did with Fritz. Daniil rediscovers a flat tennis, almost without rotation (here are the tightest strings), it takes Jannik a while to get the measure of him, while at 3-2 he lets a couple of break points slip away in a double regret.

Then a new round, same scene: the Italian responds impeccably and finds the break on the first of two available occasions thanks to a backhand recovery 4 meters out of the court. Medvedev, surprised, sinks everything into the net. And in half an hour, after a set-long domination (except for a percentage of first serves around 50%), it's already all over: Sinner will close the round as number 1. 

So it is 007 blue takes flight at an impressive pace: he eats another important piece in the chess match with Daniil. He finds the break just in the third game while the now ever-present Lorenzo Sonego and yesterday also the ex Juve Ciro Ferrara they raise their arms and a certain Stefan Edberg he sneers. It's the prelude to a blank passage by the South Tyrolean, he takes a breather on his service turn and ends up 15-40 down, the Russian pulls out shots and pride, taking back what he had stolen. 

A granite tennis is played on both sides. Endless exchanges without giving up an inch. So the South Tyrolean makes a rubber wall again and catches up with another break with a flurry of shots from the baseline, always commanding the exchange of power. Leading the game, closing the match by holding serve is child's play, or rather, a number 1's play.