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The blue in the first semifinal of a 1000 finds the Spanish defeated in Dubai two weeks ago
In its own way, it is already in history. Jannik Sinner, 19, takes the field to play the first Masters 1000 semi-final of his career. He is the youngest Italian to do so and the sixth player in Italian history to reach the semi-final of a 1000-point tournament. Bautista and Sinner meet for the second time in their careers after crossing two weeks ago in Dubai, in the ATP 500 on the concrete of the Emirates. Jannik, after a battle in three sets, managed to beat the Spaniard in the third round. For Bautista this is the fourth semi-final in a 1000 and he will try to reach the final for the second time.
In the other semifinal, which will be played around 1 in the morning, the Italian, Andrey Rublev and the Polish Hubert Hurkacz will face off. Hubi, as he is nicknamed on the circuit, is also the first Pole to reach a 1000 semi-final since 2012 (Janowicz in Bercy) and was also Sinner’s doubles partner in the first tournaments of the season. If he passes the round, Sinner would further improve his ranking by overtaking Stan Wawrinka and placing himself at number 21 in the world rankings.
April 2, 2021 (change April 2, 2021 | 20:05)
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