Heart-pounding match for Jannik Sinner! Marton Fucsovics recovers from 0-2 down and hits the round of 16 with Tsitsipas

The chronicle of the match

In the first set it is understood from the first fifteen that Sinner is not in his best versions: many mistakes with the forehand and badly lost service in the opening. The South Tyrolean made up for it in the second game, with some good shots with his backhand, but paid the price again in the fifth, giving up his turn to serve. Fucsovics plays with great confidence and closes the game at 6-4. In the second set the music doesn’t change, Jannik suffers terribly from the opponent’s rhythm variations and never finds the court. The break of the third game is the logical consequence, but again the blue more with his head than with tennis restores parity in the sixth game. An illusion because the Hungarian breaks our bearer’s serve to zero in the ninth game and wins the fraction on 6-4.

In the third set the decisive moment is the first game because the world No. 16 saves a break point with the flavor of defeat. Having escaped the danger, Jannik’s arm melts and we also see a few more mistakes than the ATP No. 78. The class of 2001 from the Bel Paese goes ahead by two breaks and, even if there were too many heartaches in the seventh game (four balls of the partial counter-break cancelled), puts the partial on the scoresheet at 6-1.

In the fourth set the start is disastrous and even a pinch of luck supports Fucsovics between ribbons and lines in the second game. The late break shakes the blue who from that moment staged his best repertoire. Gaining more and more field, Sinner makes the fraction his own in an authoritative way on 6-2. In the fifth set we witness a monologue from the Italian: the Hungarian, also because there is little petrol left in the tank, can no longer oppose the heaviness of the ball from the Italian. It follows a 6-0 that sends the credits on the confrontation.

Tsitsipas liquida Greek track: rematch con Sinner

This year they’ll face off again one round earlier, in the round of 16, and the prerequisites for subverting the prediction could be a little more relevant. Griekspoor offers too little to worry him, he needs to gain more experience with the bigger players to be competitive in this kind of match. The number 3 seed gave him plenty of chances, a set point in the twelfth game of the second set (the only break point offered by Tsitsipas) and a couple of ruinous double faults in the tiebreak. It wasn’t enough to get him back on track.

The match never deviates from normal administration, a 6-2 7-6 6-3 devoid of great emotional peaks and technical ideas to reflect on in view of the big match with Sinner. Nothing new on the western front, the Greek serves great and commands with his forehand, he could struggle more than pressed on the backhand side, but he knows how to juggle cuts and variations. The only one of the five precedents favorable to Sinner dates back to Rome 2020.

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