Everyone is different as player, so I think it's great to see… having quite a big amount of players.” “Everyone is playing very, very good tennis. I think everyone pushes each other a little bit,” said Sinner. “It's great to see for Italy many players, many great players. Sinner will face countryman and first-time ATP Tour finalist Stefano Travaglia in the championship match. At the ATP Cup, Italy has claimed three tie victories to reach the championship match. It is the latest success story in a remarkable week for Italian tennis. In the final-set tie-break, Sinner clinched victory with the same tactic as he came to the net behind his forehand to drive an overhead winner down the centre of the court.
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In an extended rally, Sinner ripped a series of forehands to keep Khachanov on the run and finished the point with an overhead winner. The momentum had shifted firmly in Khachanov’s favour and the Russian earned a match point at 5-6, 30/40. The Sofia titlist held his nerve to save four break points en route to a 5-3 lead, but he failed to serve out the match as Khachanov attacked Sinner’s backhand to extract errors. Sinner opened the third set with two inspired cross-court forehand passing shots from deep positions to claim a 1-0 advantage.
But Khachanov responded emphatically, as he broke serve in back-to-back return games with aggressive forehand play. Sinner appeared to be closing in on victory in the second set, when he ripped a cross-court forehand winner to break serve at 3-3. The #NextGenATP Italian returned with depth and extracted multiple forehand errors from his opponent to clinch the set after 62 minutes. Sinner reacted quickly to a net cord and flicked a forehand winner to escape danger, before taking the first set in a tie-break. Khachanov landed a powerful second serve at 4-5, 30/40 to stay in the set and created a set point opportunity of his own two games later. 36 ended 2020 with five consecutive wins en route to the Sofia trophy and has picked up four wins this week in Melbourne.įor the third match in a row, Sinner was forced to save a set point in the first set. Sinner extends his unbeaten record on the ATP Tour to nine matches. He is a great player… and I am very happy to be in the final,” said Sinner, in an on-court interview. We had a great battle at the US Open as well, 7-6 in the fifth.
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