Wawrinka too strong: Sinner fairy tale ends in the semi-finals

The Swiss tennis star, a three-time Grand Slam tournament winner and currently number 18 in the world, clearly won against the South Tyrolean shooting star in two sets 6:3, 6:2. Sinner, who had eliminated Gael Monfils (number 13 in the world rankings) on his way to the semi-finals, fought bravely against Wawrinka, but had no chance in the end. Nevertheless, the 18-year-old made a big promise for the future in Antwerp and will be ranked 101st in the world after his first ATP semi-final next week.

Sinner gets off to a dream start On Saturday, Sinner started where he left off in the quarterfinals against the American Frances Tiafoe. Without respect and with his youthful insouciance, he promptly took Stan Wawrinka's serve and moved away to 2-0. Many a South Tyrolean fan may have already started dreaming.

Stan Wawrinka showed a very strong game (Photo: European Open).

Then “Stanimal” got going and won five games in a row. The Swiss's monster serve was particularly impressive and posed problems for the young Sinner. After half an hour, Wawrinka converted the set point to make it 6:3. In the second section, the Swiss took the momentum with him and pulled away to 4-1 with two breaks. Sinner couldn't keep up and had to admit defeat 65:2 after 6 minutes.

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For the semi-final defeat, Sinner received 32.730 euros in prize money and 90 ATP points. Sinner will appear in the world rankings on Monday at number 101. On Friday the South Tyrolean was still in 100th place in the live ranking, but on Saturday morning he was overtaken by the Japanese Yasutaka Uchiyama, who qualified for the Challenger final in Ningbo. Sinner/Lorenzi eliminated in the doubles semi-finals After his singles semi-final exit, Jannik Sinner was also eliminated in the doubles semi-finals at the ATP 250 tournament in Antwerp on Saturday afternoon. The 18-year-old from Sexten and Paolo Lorenzi had to admit defeat to the number 1 seeded Germans Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies 1:6, 5:7.

For Sinner it was the first double semi-final on the ATP tour. Sinner/Lorenzi met two world-class doubles players in the semi-finals. Krawietz/Mies already won the French Open in Paris this year and also made it to the semi-finals of the US Open. They have also secured four Challenger titles this year and a tournament victory at the ATP 250 tournament in New York.

Krawietz/Mies started like fire fighters and clearly won the first set with 24:6 points after 1 minutes of play. In the second half of the game, Sinner/Lorenzi were already leading 3-0, and the Germans equalized to 3-3 shortly afterwards. When the score was 5:5, the Germans got the next break. On their own service, Krawietz/Mies left nothing to be desired and closed the bag with the final score being 7:5. Next week in Vienna But there is no respite for Jannik Sinner now. Thanks to a wild card, the Sesto native will be in the main draw of the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna next week. The main draw was drawn on Saturday. Sinner was lucky, he meets a qualifier in round 1.

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Wawrinka too strong: Sinner fairy tale ends in the semi-finals

Jannik Sinner's fairy tale at the ATP 250 tournament in Antwerp came to an end on Saturday. The Sesto player had to admit defeat to a very strong Stan Wawrinka after 65 minutes of play.

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