Jannik, on the pitch with a bandage for the battered elbow, imposes himself 7-6 6-4 6-4 on the US. In the semifinal he finds Djokovic
The fear of the eve, the sleeve compressed to the arm, the doubts, the silences. Jannik Sinner put everything in his tennis on the pitch against Ben Shelton. He wanted to hurry to not force his right-wing-right elbow too much after falling on the field in the match against Grigor Dimitrov and so it was 7-6 6-4 6-4. The handful on the important points, the reaction when in the second set felt some pain by panicing an entire country in the panic. Three sample sets against a player who beat strongly but failed to scratch the armor of the number 1 in the world that reaches the fourth consecutive semifinal in the Slam, younger to succeed from Rafa Nadal in 2009. This time it is a victory, he confirms him himself, after he passed by Dimitrov to retire by admitting “I do not feel the winner”.
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This time he has the air proud and admits: “They are different feelings, it was a difficult match with Ben, let’s get to know us better and I like these battles so much”. He does not really want to be in the middle of the field to tell it, Jannik, you can see that he only wants to remove that sheath in the arm and rest, but the duty is also dealing with the press and telling people what a champion feels. For the second time in the semifinal in Wimbledon, already 400 points in the Cascina at the ranking level, which with the 6000 to be defended In the second part of the season it is all fat that Cola: “I changed from the first semifinal with Nole, the first time on the center court, everything so special. You have to learn to live these atmospheres, for me to be here once again, it means a lot”. When they ask him how the elbow is not in detail: “When playing an important match and with so much tension we try to always be concentrated, not to think about it with such tension try not to think about it. Yesterday I rested, I made therapies, hit a few balls and the situation was much improved”. To prepare for the great challenge with Djokovic, rest, ice, a little movement, but without exaggerating: “It will be important to recover, let the elbow rest, but you still have to move the body, you cannot stand still a whole day”.
The greeting to Fognini
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Finally, a thought for Fabio Fognini, who just before his match announced the retreat from tennis: “He is a player who made a beautiful career and has always lived tennis in his own way. We hope he remains in tennis, before entering the field I met him in the locker room and he always gives a good energy”.