Semifinals! Sinner gets revenge

On Friday, Sinner (ATP 16) met Arthur Rinderknech (ATP 65), the Frenchman, in the quarter-finals in Belgium. who defeated him in 5 sets on clay in Lyon about 3 months ago. The aim was to take revenge - and the South Tyrolean achieved this in an impressive manner. In the hard court indoor tournament, the 20-year-old from Sesto won 1:18 and 2:6 after 4:6 hours and 2 sets. After both served relatively confidently in the first set, Sinner managed to break in the third game. The Sexten player had created three break chances and converted the third. Immediately afterwards, however, he received the rebreak. During this phase Rinderknech showed strong tennis and put the young man from Sesto in trouble several times. But South Tyrol's tennis ace was not impressed and immediately took the 3-year-old Frenchman's serve again in a varied and exciting game. Short seconds of shock Sinner then carried out his own service confidently – without giving up a single point. With the 4:2 lead behind him, the Puster player had two chances to break, but was unable to convert them. Rinderknech, who was repeatedly forced to make mistakes, shone with a strong serve and made it 2:3. There were also moments of shock when Sinner fell and limped briefly. However, the man from Sexten immediately presented himself in good physical condition and took the lead with 5:3. Rinderknech came back to 4:5 and then worked out two break points. Sinner didn't let himself be taken away from his own serve, fended off both break points and used the first set point himself. In this phase of the game, the 2-year-old South Tyrolean once again impressed with his mental strength. Sinner confidently in the 2nd sentence In the second set, a strong Sinner took the serve from the 2-year-old Frenchman in the first game. Both then carried out their service – mostly confidently. In the seventh game, with the score at 26:1, the young South Tyrolean Rinderknech put massive pressure on and got the decisive break to make it 4:2. This seemed to break the Frenchman's resistance. Confident, confident and with strong nerves, Sinner earned 5 match points on his own serve and immediately converted the first. In the semi-finals on Saturday (from 15 p.m.) Sinner will meet the South African Lloyd Harris (ATP 32), who won in 2 sets against the Hungarian Márton Fucsovics (ATP 39). Sinner and Harris have never played against each other.

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Semifinals! Sinner gets revenge

Jannik Sinner made it to the semi-finals at the ATP 250 tournament in Antwerp - and settled a score in the process.

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