Sinner, who has reached this stage of the competition in all the Grand Slam tournaments, without ever crossing it, will face the Russian Roman Safiullin (92nd), who had defeated a little earlier the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (29th) 3 -6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. If he got it in three sets, the victory was more complicated than it seems for the world No.8, who sometimes had gestures of mood during the first two sets and who slipped Many times.
In the first set, neither player gave up his engagement, but the Italian managed to take the two points on his opponent’s serve at 4/3 in the decisive game to break away and win 7/ 4. Broken from the start of the second set, Sinner found himself trailing 4-2, before going on for four games to lead two sets to nothing.
In the last set, he broke from the start to lead 3-0 and, if he missed two match points at 5-3 on opposing service, he concluded the next game in 2:40. If he manages to clear the Safiullin hurdle, Sinner will likely face the four-time defending champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. But the Serb must to achieve this pass the obstacle Hubert Hurkacz in the eighth at the end of the day, then that constituted by Rublev in the quarters.
