MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) (ITALPRESS) – Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, the first Slam of the season underway on the concrete at Melbourne Park. On the Rod Laver Arena, Sinner defeated in the round of 16 in four sets the Danish Holger Rune, No. 13 in the world rankings and on the scoreboard: 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2, in three hours and 13 minutes of play, for the 23-year-old South Tyrolean outfielder, leader of the Atp rankings and seeding, as well as defending champion, who was forced to ask for the intervention of the physiotherapist and leave the court at the end of the fifth game of the third set. For a spot in the semifinals, Sinner will have to contend with the winner of the match between Australian Alex de Minaur (8) and American Alex Michelsen. Eighths were also overcome in four sets by Sonego: on the John Cain Arena, the 29-year-old from Turin, No. 55 Atp, got the better of 19-year-old U.S. qualifier Learner Tien, 121st in the world rankings, with the score of 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1, accrued in two hours and 25 minutes of the match. The Piedmontese’s next opponent, the U.S. Ben Shelton, the number 21 seed, who benefited, at 7-6(3) 6-7(3) 7-6(2) 1-0 in his favor, from the withdrawal of Frenchman Gael Monfils.
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Sinner and Sonego to Australian Open quarterfinals
