The Italian suffers a bit with two tie breaks but changes gear at the end and closes against the Chilean in two hours and 45 minutes. Now Daniel or Schoolkate
The tunnel leading to the field with the names and images of past champions. The latest is his, who on January 28, 2024 gave himself and Italy the first Australian Open. The photo is to his right and he, almost embarrassed, lowers his head. Jannik Sinner is this thing here, a boy who enters the court for the first round of the Slam which he defends after having received the news of the arbitration that awaits him on April 16th and 17th, and wins. Three sets against Jarry, just out of the top seeds, and not exactly the easiest rival to settle into a Slam. After a series of physical ear problems that slowed him down in the second part of the season, the Chilean finalist of the Internazionali in Rome last year tried to put Sinner in difficulty thanks to his serve.
THE MATCH
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Jannik missed two break points in the 8th game of the first set, which he won on a tie break. He startled all of Italy awake at that time with another set point missed on his serve in the tie break of the second set, and finally after winning the 14th tie break of the last 16 played (he lost one in Beijing from Alcaraz and one from Etcheverry to Shanghai) shifted into “let’s hurry” gear. Immediate break in the third to take the lead 3-0 and then, charged by the “Vamos” of Jarry and his team, rather out of time, he doubled the lead in the sixth, extending 5-1 and closing 7-6 (2) 7-6 (5) 6-1 in two hours and 45 minutes. The Slam form is there. Now awaits the winner between the Japanese Daniel and the Australian wild card Schoolkate.
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