At Indian Wells, another convincing performance from the Italian against the young American who was dominated throughout the match
Jannik Sinner he found his best form again and at Indian Wells he reached the semifinals after beating the American Learner Tien in two sets in the quarterfinals. A convincing performance with the usual clarity in the few moments of difficulty that Sinner managed all in his favor. A dominated match with Tien who still seemed very far from Sinner’s levels. Jannik played with extraordinary lightness, Tien still doesn’t have the heaviness of the ball of the top two in the world. Now Jannik will be in the semi-final Alexander Zverevthe German number three in the world. Sinner is happy with his performance: “Experience helps, you try to present yourself at your best. Tien has great talent, at the beginning he was very aggressive, for me an important match. We arrived early at Indian Wells, I worked hard to get my body used to the heat, it’s an area in which we try to improve. There are many small positive aspects, I prepared the matches well. Tomorrow I have a day off which will help me a lot to rest.”
The match
Sinner suffers in the first service game, won with advantages. But otherwise Jannik’s first set against the American Tien was practically perfect. His serve never betrayed him, indeed it helped him in the few moments of difficulty, but Sinner’s response was also very convincing enough to obtain thirteen points on the American’s serve. Sinner’s forehand seemed relentless, Tien chose to play on equal terms with the South Tyrolean or at least he tried because the result was very negative for the American. Sinner broke Tien’s serve twice demonstrating superiority in both the power and precision of his shots. A practically perfect first set played by Jannik. Two break points canceled out by Sinner at the beginning of the second set are the only moment of difficulty for the South Tyrolean. Then the second set has the same development as the first with Sinner who makes fewer mistakes and Tien who cannot keep up with the pace of the number two in the world. The American gives up serve twice and Sinner flies 5-2 and goes to serve for the match but finds himself having to cancel two break points from Tien. Sinner scores four consecutive points and closes 6-2, 6-1 in the first match ball. Absolute dominion.
