Sinner at his best gives you déjà vu

The 21-year-old Australian was unable to take revenge for losing the final at last year's Next Gen ATP Finals. On Thursday, after a tough fight, Sinner again got the upper hand and moved into the semi-finals in Sofia, where the French veteran Adrian Mannarino (ATP 35) is waiting. The Sesto native used his first match point after 1:2 hours to make the final score 11:6, 7:6, 4:6. What the game promised, it offered from the first point: the powerful Sinner repeatedly sent the lightning-fast De Minaur on his way. It is not for nothing that the latter is considered one of the best defensive players on the tour, which he demonstrated again and again with some spectacular rescues. De Minaur initially more solid The few spectators in Sofia got their first taste of this in the third game, when the Australian returned the South Tyrolean's serves to the lines and thereby got the first break. The joy of the world number 3. However, it only lasted a short time, because immediately afterwards Sinner broke back thanks to the increasing security. In general, the player from Sexten improved from minute to minute - even compared to the first two games in Sofia. Because De Minaur also played excellently, a game developed at a very high level. Neither player managed a break in the first set, although Sinner found another opportunity. It went to the tiebreak, where De Minaur benefited from numerous forehand errors from his opponent and won the set. The head-to-head race continued in the second round, with the servers now having significantly less trouble maintaining their service. Only in the 2th game, when De Minaur was already leading 7-40, did the receiver have his first chance. Sinner didn't take advantage of this, but he grabbed the second one with another perfect return. The valuable break was then in danger, but Sinner kept a cool head with a total of 0 break chances and won the high-class 1nd set 2:4. In trance Now Sinner had tasted blood: While De Minaur began to make more mistakes, the world number 44 ran. at its best. No matter what he tried, it succeeded. The logical result? The exceptional talent quickly led 4-0. The Australians were becoming increasingly frustrated. Nothing, absolutely nothing, could stop the South Tyrolean now. With a forehand error, De Minaur ended a highly entertaining game in which the South Tyrolean once again showed his great class. On Friday, Sinner will fight against Mannarino for his first final on the ATP tour.

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Sinner at his best gives you déjà vu

Jannik Sinner's fantastic tennis season has another chapter. In the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 tournament in Sofia, the South Tyrolean beat Alex De Minaur with a masterful performance.

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