(ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 19 – American Frances Tiafoe beat Danish Holger Rune 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) in the semifinal of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati and reached the final against Italian Jannik Sinner, who had beaten German Alexander Zverev earlier in the day. Tiafoe, who recovered from 2-5 in the third set and saved two match points, managed to turn the situation around and today will play his first Masters 1000 final, against Sinner, world number 1, who is the first Italian to qualify for the final in Cincinnati. At the end of an intense match, and despite having beaten Zverev only once in five matches, in 2020 at Roland-Garros, Sinner managed to do it this time by saving two set points in the tie-break in the first set. “It was a difficult match, a very emotional match,” said the Italian. “There was a lot of tension for all of us. I’m very happy with my performance and happy to be in the final.” “I couldn’t have played a better match than this to prepare,” he added, ahead of the start of the US Open on August 26. Sinner, who celebrated his 23rd birthday on Friday, will play his fifth career Masters 1000 final, his second this year after his victory in Miami last March. (ANSA).
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