with his hierarchy, temperance and a level the wind is coming, Jannik Sinner (2nd in the world ranking) got into the Roland Garros quarterfinals, after beating Corentin Moutet (79th) by 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 and 6-x.
A meeting that surprised everyone because of how it started: 5-0 up for the extroverted Frenchman, who overwhelmed the initial set, leaving the young Italian without answers on a night that seemed very dark. However, as the points went by, he began to take flight, recovering the performance that captured everyone’s attention during the current season.
From erratic shots to a wave of good tennis that grew more and more to get into second time in his career among the best eight of the Parisian Grand Slamafter premiering in 2020, when he fell to the legendary Rafael Nadal in straight sets.
With three titles under his armfollowing his productions in the Australian Open, Masters 1000 in Miami and ATP 500 in Rotterdam, the 22-year-old born in San Cándido has already added 32 wins with just two losses so far in 2024, product of his disappointments versus the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (3rd) in the Indian Wells semis and against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (8th) in Monte-Carlo, stretching 11 successes and no failures in Majors.
Furthermore, at the moment, He is virtually the new number one in the worldforcing the Serbian Novak Djokovic (1st) minimally reaches the final he is defending in 2023 by already surpassing him by practically 1,000 points over the Serbian, remaining just two wins away from becoming the first Italian to reach the top of the ranking.
For its part, We must highlight the work of the talented left-handerwho in the first set displayed deluxe tennis, practically erasing one of the best players of recent times, rehearsing drops, serve from below, volleys and a drive very accurate.
However, the great start was not enough to knock down Sinner, who will face the Bulgarian this Tuesday Grigor Dimitrov (10th) for a place in the semifinals of Roland Garros, an instance in which both would debut.
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