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It didn’t happen, but it could happen. And there will be other opportunities for Jannik and Martina. Sinner loses to Rafael Nadal the first in a long series of challenges at the top of world tennis that will bring us in the very near future. He does it in the most beautiful way7-6, 6-4, 6-1 the result), full of confirmations, because it is from one already reality and not promise you are talking about. And after this game it is even clearer for everyone. Throughout the first set, which lasted 72 minutes, the boy from South Tyrol was the best player on the field. Against Absolute king of clay, who perhaps still wonders how he managed to win that first set, after Sinner even served 6-5 in his favor.
The impressive thing is that after losing a set he already tried, having thus hired one of the greatest in his field, he was not discouraged as any young player would have. I still believed in him, this is also a difference from others. He did two crazy forehand shots and also took the lead in the second. As if nothing had happened, as if it were normal to put Nadal in such difficulty on the red clay of Paris. Then the champion of Spain took the measurements in Jannik, reading its reverse beforehand, always crossed and never by the line. But until 4-4 of the second set, for 2 hours and 10 minutesIt was a real match.
too Martina Trevisan stops in the quarterfinals, with a clear defeat. Iga Swiatek is no ordinary meat. She was also a child prodigy, as Martina had been in her time, even more so. At 19 years and a handful of days, here at Roland Garros she has humiliated so much Markèta Vondrousova, finalist last year, that Simona Halep, world number one. With an even more severe score of 63 61 awarded to the Tuscan player, the result of a modern style of play, from hard courts, without half measures. Always glued to the baseline, always early, shots sometimes even no top spin, just six inches above the net, heavy duty. A modern machine shoots balls. It was difficult and you knew it. Against a powerful and athletic opponent, Martina was almost forced to shuffle the cards with her rotations, attacking first. It worked for 20 minutes. Then the Pole started hammering. There was no game.
But this does not detract from what Martina did. It will not be an isolated episodeThis quarterfinal is not going to be a Cinderella thing. Although we would have expected an even bigger surprise, one between Nadia Podoroska (131 in the world) and Swiatek (59), she will play the final on Saturday, and will be the lowest ranked finalist since 1984, ousting Jelena Ostapenko, who in 2017 even won. when she was number 47. Martina Trevisan can make up for lost time with illness and rebuild herself with interest. Dreaming is allowed, because in women’s tennis there are no longer hierarchies or bosses. «For me this tournament is a new beginning. And then I got a lot of messages from Italy. I do not consider myself an example, but I am glad that my story, my fight against anorexia, can be a source of inspiration for those who are in the conditions in which I found myself. Last night Martina and Jannik missed the same thingsand: the custom of certain high-level matches, a bit physical. It is predestined. She, a player and reborn. Each one differently, two precious gifts, two epiphanies. See you soon.
October 7, 2020 (change October 7, 2020 | 01:51)
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