The Turinese was perfect, relentless in his service and able to win the round in two sets 7-5 7-6. Next opponent the German: “It will be another battle”
Sonego show in Dubai. The Turin number 67 in the world eliminated in two sets 7-6(4) 6-4 Felix Auger Aliassime, number 9 in the rankings in just under two hours. The Turin player who for the first time managed to beat the Canadian after two defeats was practically perfect. Lorenzo serves very well in the first set. he makes very few mistakes and is tactically perfect. “I tried to be as aggressive as possible – said Lorenzo after the victory -. We needed an almost perfect match and I did it. I worked a lot on my serve and this time the results came”. Two weeks ago he had lost to the Canadian in the first round in Rotterdam: “The courts there were much slower. Here I was able to score a lot of points with my serve and I just had to be patient and wait for the right moment. These matches are won even like this, on a few points”.
There is Sasha
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In the quarterfinals on Friday Sonego finds the German Alexander Zverev, n.16 in the ranking still quite behind in condition after the serious ankle injury suffered at Roland Garros in 2022 which made him miss several months. “It will be another difficult match against Zverev – concludes Sonny -. It’s true that he’s back from a serious injury, he’s dropped in the standings, but he’s still in the top ten in terms of quality. The atmosphere here is very nice, so I’ll try to give the maximum and play another good match”.
March 1st – 4.32pm
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