Not there will be the historian blue derby in the semi-final of the Australian Open. Jannik Sinner he respected the prediction and yes he is qualifiedbut will face the American Ben Shelton (n. 20 in the ranking and n. 21 in the seeding), which he eliminated Lorenzo Sonego (n. 55). He n. 1 in the world he overwhelmed the Australian 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 Alex de Minaur (n. 8), conquering his twelfth consecutive victory at Melbourne Park, where he is the reigning champion, and the nineteenth in a row from the Shanghai Master 1000, equaling his longest streak of success in the ATP circuit. All It’s shot perfectlyafter the health problems he felt in the round of 16 against the Danish Holger Rune, and the 25-year-old from Sydney he had to resign at the tenth defeat in as many direct comparisons.
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“I had excellent sensations – comments the 23 year old from Sesto Pusteria – de Minaur is a great opponentbut everything went well. Yesterday (Tuesday, ed.) was one quiet dayI trained for about 40 minutes with my coaches and evidently they gave me a good pace. From a physical point of view, when you are young fortunately he recovers very quickly. I tried to sleep and relax. Today I woke up e I felt ready». Friday 24 January will be opposed, therefore, to Shelton, who was thelast to beat him before the quarterfinals, in Shanghai in 2023. That was the before their challengesin the following four theSouth Tyrolean. «Last year – Jan recalls – we had played several matchesI hope to stay focused and answer as much as possible. He is one of those who serves betteris left-handed and has slightly different trajectories from the back of the field.”
Sonego lost to the 22 year old from Atlanta 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 and can still be very satisfiedfor reaching for the first time the third to last round in a Slam. «It was nice – explains Sonny – to see the audience get excited e cheer for me, it was almost everything on my sideit was one great emotion. I have to continue on this path and work to improve. I don’t want to stop at this result.” Thursday 23 January at 1.30 am Italian time Simone Bolelli e Andrea Vavassoriseeded no. 3, they will go hunting for theirs second final in a row on the Rod Laver Arenaagainst the Swede Andre Goransson and Dutch Sem Verbeek.
