Jannik Sinner also wins the second match of his group, beating an excellent Taylor Fritz with a double 6-4 and consolidating his leadership in the group. The South Tyrolean, number one in the world, after beating the Australian Alex De Minaur on his debut, got the better of the 27-year-old American Taylor Fritz in the second match. On the fast track of the Inalpi Arena, the Italian tennis player beat his opponent, number 5 in the ranking, in two sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4 after 1h40′ of play. Now on Sinner’s path, in the third match of the series, there will be Daniil Medvedev who today beat Alex de Minaur 6-2 6-4.
“It was a difficult match, he served very well. Today I could have served better, but we both played well from the baseline. We are closer to the semi-final which was the first objective this week. This was another opportunity for me to show an excellent level. With Daniil (Medevdev) it will be another difficult match on Thursday”, is Sinner’s comment after winning the second match at the ATP Finals in Turin against Fritz.
Always very modest and critical of himself, today the world no.1 says he is satisfied for having played well in the most difficult moments. “Especially in the important points I served very well, I am happy with how I managed difficult situations also because I have faced enough during the year. Wednesday is a day of rest which will do me good, then we hope to be ready”, concludes Sinner.
Today, Wednesday 13 November, the scheduled matches feature Carlos Alcaraz against Andrey Rublev at 2pm, with the Spaniard called to react after the defeat on his debut. The other match in the John Newcombe group features the German Alexander Zverev against the Norwegian Casper Ruud. Before the last match of the day, between Zverev and Ruud, the Italian doubles players Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori were also on the pitch, looking for a second success against the Germans Kevin Krawletz and Tim Puetz.
What happens if Sinner loses to Medvedev
Jannik Sinner has full points in his group of the ATP Finals, but the world no.1 has not finished his task: to access the semi-finals he will also have to beat Daniil Medvedev or, in case of defeat, hope that other conditions arise. However, it is fundamental for the South Tyrolean to win at least one set against the Russian no.4 in the world. According to the rules of the Nitto ATP Finals, in fact, assuming a defeat of Sinner against Medvedev and at the same time the victory of Fritz against De Minaur, we would find ourselves with 3 players who have 2 victories each and the fourth with 0 victories. The latter is obviously eliminated, while the 3 players with 2 wins are ordered through the set quotient. The player with the lowest percentage of sets won is eliminated. The player with the highest percentage of sets won is ranked first.
If there was still a tie (for example if Medvedev won two sets to zero and Fritz also, all three would have a total of four sets won), in this case we need to move on to the quotient game. The player with the highest percentage goes first, the player with the second best game win percentage goes second, the other player comes third and is eliminated.
Obviously the Italian fans hope that this situation does not occur and that Sinner can also beat Medvedev in Thursday evening’s match (it being understood that if Alex De Minaur beat Fritz the Italian would certainly qualify).
Inalpi Arena sold out, only blind seats remain to see Sinner
Are you a tennis fan and want to go and see Jannik Sinner in his last match of the Nastase group against Daniil Medvedev which could give him access to the semi-finals of the ATP Finals? Then you will have to reach for your wallet (as did all those who moved in time), but this time the seat you can purchase is, according to Ticketone’s own words, with “poor visibility”. Almost all tickets are sold out (for some time, actually) and those available cost from 316 (in the gallery) to 627 euros (in the stalls) but they are in ‘blind’ seats. In reality, at a cost of 578.60 euros, it seems that for Thursday there are still seats in the stalls from which one should see in an acceptable manner. But we have to hurry.