SHANGHAI. The race continues Jannik Sinner in Shanghai and the blue continues to smile, today the winner against Ben Shelton. “It was a very difficult match: he served very well. I only found in some points a small way to respond and defend myself as best as possible. I am very happy with how I managed the important phases of the match, especially. Tomorrow we will play again , we hope to raise the level of my tennis a little further”, said the Italian at the end of the match against the left-handed American.
Sinner, out of 14 tournaments played in 2024, he has always reached at least the quarterfinals.
“I’m trying to accept every challenge, to be ready every day – the Italian said in the press conference -. There will always be tough moments on the pitch and I have to be mentally ready to face them, and that’s what I’m trying to do. Of course not It’s easy to always get to the quarterfinals in every tournament but it’s from this point on that the tournaments get interesting.” “I’m happy with the level I managed to reach, despite everything that happened (Clostebol case, ed.). In the past I struggled more to be fresh towards the end of the season. This year I think my planning was really very good. I also worked a lot off the pitch in order to be ready for every match. Naturally every player has ups and downs from a physical point of view, this is normal”, added Sinner.
Now yet another challenge against Daniil Medvedev. “It will be a tough match. We know each other very well, we know more or less what to expect from each other – said the South Tyrolean -. But naturally Daniil will change a couple of things and I will do the same. It will be a difficult match from the point of view of physical, mental and technical point of view: let’s see how it ends.”
Medvedev, after batting Stefanos Tsitsipashas already set his sights on the quarter-final match of the “Rolex Shanghai Masters”. The match scheduled for tomorrow will be the 14th match between the Russian and the Italian. At the moment, in direct comparisons, Medvedev leads 7-6, who says he is convinced for “being able to do well against Jannik“.
“It will be the fifth challenge with him in 2024: I haven’t faced anyone more than Sinner this year. In only one case did Jannik win very easily, the other three were very tough challenges, in which I managed to play better. But I know I can do well against him, at the moment he is the strongest in the world and I will need to serve well, to play at my best, because physically it will be tough: I feel ready”, said Medvedev, who is aiming for a sixth consecutive qualification at the Nitto ATP Finals. “Tomorrow I will be ready to fight, tactically, mentally and physically. It will be a hard-fought match, so I hope to feel good: I repeat, I am ready for the challenge and I will give it my all”, added the Russian tennis player.