The meeting between a sinner against Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters 1000 2024 to be played as the second match on the center court, starting no earlier than 9 Italian time. Once again the two tennis players will face each other in a match that is now becoming a classic. After that it is the turn of Carlitos Alcaraz to face Machac
Jannik Sinner advances to the Shanghai Masters 1000. In the round of 16, the Italian took revenge on the American Ben Shelton, who beat him last year in this tournament, in the round of 16: this time he finished 6-4, 7-6 for number 1 in the world. . In the quarter finals of the Shiner Shanghai Masters he will face the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who defeated the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 6-3.
A year ago, in the round of 16, the Atlanta-born tennis player beat the Italian (only career win) Jannik won the first set 6-2, then suffered a comeback from Shelton, who won 6-3 in the second. The third was decided in a tie, which the American won with a score of 7-5. But after that, between Vienna, Indian Wells and Wimbledon, Sinner put things in order without dropping a set in the remaining matches, an excellent start for the blue player who has been grinding tennis as number 1 for a year.
The game against no. 16 in the ranking lasted just under an hour and a half of play and now, in the quarterfinals, the 23-year-old from South Tyrol will meet one of his toughest rivals, Daniil Medvedev, who prevailed over Stefanos Tsitsipas. Meanwhile, it must be said that the victory over Shelton for Sinner was not an easy one, as the score suggests.
In the first set Shelton wasted two break points, then Sinner had a chance in the ninth game, in which he managed to break his opponent’s serve, then closed the set at 6-4 in favor of the next game. Second set with Sinner starting again with a serve that matched his rival, but there was a great balance between the two until the sixth game. Then in the eighth Jannik goes down 0-40 but manages to reverse the situation to reach 4-4.
It continues to the tiebreak, where there is no story as the world no.1 makes it 7-1. ” A very difficult game, he served very well – sinful words after the game -. At the beginning he only put the first balls: I tried to stay calm and wait for a few seconds to serve. But it was I want to focus on the positive side of the game, on how I finished it, hitting more attack and playing an excellent tie. This gives me confidence and confidence for the next game. It was difficult, he had several chances. in the second set but I managed to save myself and this helped me mentally.”
The fact that he reached the quarter finals in each of the 14 competitions played this year is inescapable. Now what is the goal? “I always try to finish in the best possible way. I am happy with the level I managed to reach – Sinner’s answer – and, despite everything that happened. What I did here on rainy days ?I went to the cinema and we went out for a bit, but I was very tired and mainly I tried to recover.”