Jannik Sinner out of the Us Open, the South Tyrolean surrenders after 4 hours and 40 minutes of battle on Arthur Ashe to the German Alexander Zverev.
Not a great day for the blue tennis player, who fights to the end recovering a set from a disadvantage twice, but makes too many mistakes and also seems slightly conditioned by cramps. In the fifth and decisive set he immediately suffers the break that directs the match and does not exploit the opportunities he manages to obtain to win back the opponent.
The final result is 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 for Zverev, who in the quarterfinals will face Carlos Alcaraz, who yesterday defeated the other remaining Italian in three sets, the surprising Matthew Arnaldi. These are the other quarterfinals: the Russian derby Medvedev-Rublev, the American one Tiafoe-Shelton and Djokovic-Fritz.
In short, everything seems set for another epic final between Alcaraz and Djokovic, after the memorable ones of the last few weeks at Wimbledon and Cincinnati.
Sinner will however rise to his best ranking at the end of this tournament, becoming number 5 Atp.
(Unioneonline/L)
