Bole of rent which, at the disadvantage of a set, then gets rid of the German confirming an excellent state of form
Jannik Sinner against Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz against Lorenzo Musetti. On Friday in the semifinals of Roland Garros it will be Italy against the rest of the world, and the French red land in 2025 gave us the best that could be desired. The last verdict of the quarter -finals, in the evening session, was the victory of Nole against a Sasha Zverev who lasted a set and a half, before the usual demons made again on the Philippe Chatrier, a symbolic field for the German, where he saw and continues to see his dreams slam breaking into a deadly, continuous loop.
Djokovic in the semifinal
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Djokovic won in four sets (4-6 6-3 6-4 in 3 hours and 17 minutes), and against the number three of the world he conducted the usual match he played a thousand times against German. A replay that this time also saw Zverev leave well, lead the game, hope, but nothing to do. Somehow, Cora also this time managed to harness Sasha’s power, as if he launched the canvas of a spider inside which the 28 -year -old from Hamburg does not really know how to extricate himself. It is no coincidence that at the Slam Zverev level he never beat Djokovic, except in the Melbourne semifinal this year, where he won but thanks to the retreat of Nole at the end of the first set.
Zverev’s departure
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Yet, as mentioned, Zverev had started great, ready, away, immediately break, 2-0 and game in control. Djokovic, 38 years old, chasing, patient as always. He knows that his moment will come. And it comes, but not immediately, because the first set is from Sasha, 6-4, with a single break ball granted to the Serbian in all the partial. The joy for the Tokyo Olympic champion, however, does not last long. At the fourth game of the second round, everything changes. Djokovic takes the break, Zverev suffered the counterbreak ball, but does not convert it. Rent holds the foot on the accelerator and wins the partial 6-3. And the game gradually turns into “a copy of a thousand summaries”, as Samuele Bersani would say. Djokovic Sale, Zverev begins to make mistakes of everything and more, especially straight, who becomes trembling, nor in the Sasha service if he passes well. A Break Nole, two breaks Break, the third set ends 6-2 and is something very close to the technical ko. Zverev staggers and also gives up, Djokovic understands that it takes only a small shoulder to send the opponent definitively, and gives it immediately, with the break at the opening of the fourth. On the 3-2 for the Serbian the German has a small jolts and a break ball, but it is an illusion, for him and for his fans. The Serbian closes it at the fifth match point on his service.
Sinner-Djokovic
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Djokovic will play on Friday the semifinal number 51 in the Slam, absolute record, the thirteenth in Paris, always hunting for that chimera that is the Slam number 25. He will face Sinner, his heir, for the ninth time in his career. Direct clashes 4-4, but Jannik comes from three success in a row, also the last Slam confrontation, always in the semifinal in Melbourne. The blue is the favorite, but it is useless to say that giving Djokovic beat, even with millions of kilometers in the legs, is not possible. And not even wise.
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