The Turin tennis player gets rid of the American 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1 and achieves a goal never achieved before. Now wait for the winner of the challenge between Monfils and Shelton
Lorenzo Sonego flies to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time in his career and with him there are two Italians among the magnificent eight of the men’s draw in Melbourne. In history this had only happened once, in 2022, when together with Jannik Sinner there was Matteo Berrettini who was then stopped in the semi-final by Rafael Nadal. Sonego beat the little American phenomenon Learner Tien, 19, in four sets (6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1 the score in 2 hours and 23 minutes).
surprise and redemption
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Lorenzo, fresh from a somewhat disappointing 2024 for someone like him, was able to surprise once again, making the most of a part of the draw that saw the elimination of the “heavy” top seed, Daniil Medvedev (beaten by Tien ), doing everything an experienced player like him needs to do. And now, at almost 29 years old, at his twenty-sixth slam, he has finally managed to reach his first quarterfinals in a major. Sonego is the sixth Italian to manage to enter the magnificent eight of the men’s singles in Melbourne: before him De Stefani, Pietrangeli, Caratti, Berrettini and obviously Jannik Sinner had succeeded.
long live the experience!
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A match dominated by Sonego, who with Tien did a bit of what he had managed to do with another terrible Next Gen, Joao Fonseca: take advantage of every single day of extra experience and immediately make it clear that, in his part, the Tennis is not a sport for young people. Curiously, the Turin player beat the two finalists of the last Next Gen Finals in Riyadh in the same tournament.
Tien dominated
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In the first set we get ready and it’s an immediate break, with Tien unable to hold up and react (unlike the previous rounds), except at 5-3 and serve for the blue, when the 19-year-old American had two break points, promptly canceled out . A script that was repeated in the second, with an opening break in favor of Lorenzo, then repeated at 4-2. A Sonego show: perfect in his movements, relentless with his forehand, also encouraged by the many fans of the John Caine Arena, the “hottest” stadium in Melbourne, where the Italians have always had a great time. Now wait for the winner of the challenge between Monfils and Shelton.
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