ROME (ITALPRESS) – Jannik Sinner continues to win and smile. The South Tyrolean beat Ben Shelton and advanced to the quarterfinals of the “Rolex Shanghai Masters,” the Atp 1000 tournament staged on the hard court in China’s economic capital (with total prize money of $10,298,535). The Italian tennis player, number one in the world and in the seeding, defeated in the round of 16 the U.S., number 16 in the international rankings and 14th favorite on the scoreboard, with a score of 6-4 7-6 (1).Only one break in the first set, obtained in the ninth and decisive game by Sinner, who in the fourth game annulled two break points to his opponent. No serves lost instead in the second fraction, where the South Tyrolean faced five break points: two in the sixth game and three in the eighth game, in which he was down 0-40. Then the Italian showed his usual dominance in the decisive moments and dominated the tie-break, played flawlessly and won 7-1.Thus Sinner took his revenge on Shelton, who last year had beaten him in Shanghai, again in the round of 16, imposing himself at the tie-break of the third set.Now, in the quarters, the Italian will face the Russian Daniil Medvedev, 5 in the world and in the seeding, winner in the round of 16 against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, 12 in the Atp ranking and tenth force on the scoreboard, with a score of 7-6 (3) 6-3. The one scheduled tomorrow will be the 14th match between Sinner and Medvedev. At the moment, in direct comparisons, the Russian leads 7-6.Satisfied with today’s match, the Italian was: “It was a very difficult match: he served very well. I found only in some points a little way to respond and to defend myself better. I am very happy with how I handled especially the important phases of the match. Tomorrow we play again, we hope to raise the level of my tennis a little bit more.”- photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
