Roland Garros, Sinner-McDonald 3-0, Jannik in the second round

We will soon need a Sinner allowance to purchase cardiotonics. Today, the one against McDonald, should have been a third round certainly not easy but largely within the reach of the South Tyrolean who, after having easily won the first set, dragged tennis Italy into a psychodrama. In the second set he went from near retirement due to a problem in his left knee (inflammation of the tendon) at 5-2 40-0 for the other, to cancel 11 set points and close for the 2-0 advantage. Torment and ecstasy also for coach Vagnozzi visibly aged in the second set and reborn at the end of the match. Now the Italian, who has eliminated the number 60 in the world 6-3 7-6 (6) 6-3, is for the third time in the round of 16 of the Parisian Grand Slam where one between Rublev and Garin awaits him.

The match

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Jannik Sinner immediately appears in full control of the situation and wins the first set 6-3. First study game, then in the sixth game the South Tyrolean gets two break points: on the first one he puts a forehand into the net, on the second one he scores a winning response on a reckless McDonald’s serve and volley on a modest second serve. Sinner confirms the advantage by immediately saving a ball from the counterbreak (long response from the rival) and then closes with the winning forehand in 38 minutes. In the second set, Sinner suffered a small danger in the 2nd game, when he ends up under 15-30, but the American makes a mistake in response and ours returns 30-30 to close with a nice passer-by in counterbalance and an ace .

The fright

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The 5th game is infinite, where the blue has three break points but fails to give the final push to the game and it remains 3-2 for the American. But immediately after Sinner has a very sharp decline, with three forehand errors that allow McDonald to go ahead by a break, 4-2. The South Tyrolean struggles to move and calls the trainer to be treated probably at the end of the second set. From 0-40 he cancels five set points and keeps Jannik’s joke, who in the next game even heroically returns after having canceled another five set points.

The comeback

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But it’s never over, Sinner concedes another set point and bravely cancels it by going to the net. We go to the tie break, which this year saw ours with a very positive balance of 9 won and three lost. Which became 11 with the conquest of the second set. Third set in which Jannik, after having his left leg treated again, enters the field very centered. He immediately sprints ahead with a break, flies 3-0. From there it is only a question of administering pain and rival. Jannik does it without problem, taking a seat in the second week.