BEIJING. It’s the final everyone dreamed of: Jannik Sinner against Carlos Alcaraz. The world number 1 against the one who, from Monday, will be number 2.
The blue beat the Chinese in two sets This (6-3, 7-6) and was guaranteed the opportunity to defend the title, won in 2023, of the China Open in Beijing. On the other side of the net, as mentioned, Carlitos Alcaraz, who eliminated the Russian Medvedev in two sets.
In short, Beijing gives us what is already a classic of today’s tennis and promises to be the great rivalry of the years to come. Jannik won the first set 6-3, but, despite the score, he didn’t have an easy life with Bu, number 96 in the world and the revelation of the tournament.
Far from it: in the fifth game he risked a lot and had to cancel 4 break points. Once the scabrous situation was resolved, with a very long game, Jannik took flight, closing the set 6-3 in 54 minutes.
The second set starts in the name of balance and proceeds without breaks. At 3-3 the Chinese saves two break points and then holds serve. We proceed like this until the inevitable tie break, a bit like what happened in the match between the number 1 and the Czech Lehecka, in the quarter-finals.
Jannik immediately takes the lead at 2-0, then extends to 4-1 with a minibreak, confirming that the tie break is now the preferred terrain for the number 1. The Italian takes advantage of the turn of serve to go up 6-1: Bu it serves to stay in the match, reduces the distance to 6-3, but on the third match point Jannik closes it 7-3.
2024-10-02 04:16:40