Jannik advances to the Wimbledon grass tournament: victory in three sets against the Japanese. The serve is once again the winning weapon, but the forehand needs to be perfected
One step after another in the tournament Wimbledon Jannik Sinner grows towards his best condition which will be indispensable in the second week of the London grass tournament. It wasn’t an easy match with the Japanese Mochizuki, someone who never gives up and who plays in a fun way with lots of runs to the net. A beautiful and tight match with a very balanced second set that ended in a tie-break where emotion played a bad joke on the Japanese who was unable to score a single point: the 7-0 that Jannik gave him was sensational. Sinner doesn’t give up the set, finishing 6-3 7-6(0) 6-3 in two hours and 24 minutes and reaches his 15th quarter-final in a Grand Slam tournament and Tuesday awaits him The late bloomer Jan-Lennard Struff, who at 36 years old and after a career in which grass was the surface where he expressed himself best, achieved his most important result with the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.
Said to be improved
Sinner’s serve continues to be very effective, even in the match with Mochizuki it was the winning weapon. However, the precision of the forehand needs to be improved, this time too Sinner made many mistakes yet yesterday he had undergone a long training session precisely to perfect this shot. Sinner in the first set he took advantage of the break obtained in the third game and then consolidated up to the final 6-3. In the second set the Japanese’s game improved, Mochizuki closed several points in spectacular fashion especially with the backhand. Sinner appeared annoyed by the lack of light on the pitch and requested and obtained the roof being closed at 4-4. Balance until the tie-break where Jannik gave the Japanese a coat. In the third set Sinner immediately made a break and then managed the match, despite the resistance of the Japanese who fought until the last half. “I’m happy because it wasn’t an easy match – said Sinner at the end – especially because I didn’t know Mochizuki having never faced him. He must be proud of his game, he played very well. I’m not at my best yet but I’m trying to improve every day.”
