Djokovic runs out of tricks against Imperial Sinner, who will play the Roland Garros against Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic He is the best tennis player in history, the numbers say so, and with his 38 years he looked for all ways to win the current ATP leader, the Imperial Jannik Sinnerbut it wasn’t enough. The Serbian stays in the semifinals (6-4, 7-5 and 7-6 (7/3)) and Roland Garros will have the final they expected: Alcaraz Against Sinner, the rivalry of the moment, and for many years surely. Last year they met in the semifinals, and this time it will be in the fight for the title.
Djokovic faced the game from inferiority, something that honors him, which says a lot in his favor and the desire he has to continue playing. In the melee, I was clear that I could not compete. The power he has exercised for years against his rivals, is now the Italian. The setback of the Serbian, perhaps the best in history, cannot with the reverse of Sinner at the moment, and If the exchanges were going to be long, I had all to lose. Novak tried several solutions. First, play a lot next to the right, high balls in that area where the Italian can be wrong more. Nole took the first game with four SINNER failures on the right. It seemed to work, but no.
Second option: those left. Against Zverev was the resource he found, seeing that from the bottom of the track he could not bend the German. But Sinner is not Zverev. The redhead of San Cándido plays two or three meters more advanced than the German, almost always treading the bottom line, and reached those loose shots of his opponent, with solvency even to close the point.
Thus the first set developed, A more or less comfortable 6-4 for Sinner. With his serve he only lost three points the redhead of San Cándido.
Djokovic tightens
Djokovic had to look for alternatives and there was only one way: the risk. From the second set, he forgot those left, at least as a plan, yes as an alternative, and began to hit the right with everything, especially the parallel, to cut the rhythm. He had also tried to throw high balls, but if he did without a mordant, it didn’t work. It had to be more direct. In the first game to the rest he already took the Italian to the limit, which followed his own, with his impeccable tennis, a machine on the track, with hardly a gesture or when he wins or when he loses. The domain was still from Jannik, who again put his serve to take the partial, but this time Djokovic did find a small loophole and,, an hour and 45 minutes after the start of the meetingthe first two breaks of breakage was generated. The first saved her synner with an impressive point. In the second failed. The set continued, Djokovic was encouraged, but it soon fit a new break, which he did confirm.
The game seemed very much in favor of number one. Djokovic maintained aggressiveness, but turned to a new “trick”, which was to put the public on his part. Was it Paris was Belgrade? The fans wanted more tennis, encouraged with everything the three times winner there, which had to be treated by the physio for a problem in the leg.
Novak’s fight was commendable, which even had three set balls with 5-4 and 15-40 and then with the advantage. The duel was already played more from you to you, and in the tiebreaker Sinner certified his pass to his first Roland Garros final.
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