Pettoral muscle injury for the Bulgarian who was clearly ahead in a game where the blue had also suffered a slight problem on the elbow. Jannick: “I don’t feel winner”. In the quarterfinals against the American Shelton
An unexpected ending with Grigor Dimitrov forced to retire in the third set (on 2-2) When he was ahead two sets to zero in an even more surprising game with the Bulgarian master of the field e Jannick Sinner who remained attached to the match Without the possibility of recovery. Then the Ko del Bulgaro who has retired four times more in the Grand Slam tournaments. The knockout comes after an ace, Dimitrov accuses a very strong pain in the muscle of the right bib, it is immediately clear that he cannot continue. “I don’t feel like a winner at all,” Sinner says at the end of the game remembering the many injuries that the Bulgarian has suffered.
Slipped and sinner in difficulty
First on the field there had been only Dimitrov, even if it should be remembered that a slip in the first game, which seems insignificant, actually affects Sinner’s performance. Jannick falling hurts his elbow and half of the second set will ask for the intervention of the physiotherapist to try to solve the problem, which penalizes him especially in the execution of the straight. Could it be for this reason that it collects many mistakes? Perhaps, but on the other side of the net there is a solid player and who immediately understands that he can be the evening of his life. Dimitrov tears the service to Sinnere flies away until 6-3 of the first set. The Bulgarian serves very well, while Sinner misses much more than usual and seems a bit passive. It reacts only on 5-4 for Dimitrov in the second set, when Jannick tears the service to the Bulgarian, goes to 5-5 and seems to be able to return to play his tennis. But it is not yet the true Sinner, he grants the break in Dimitrov who then closes the second set 7-5. At the beginning of the third set, the game seemed more balanced and slipped away until 2-2 when Dimitrov’s injury arrived. A stroke of luck for Sinner who was one step away from the elimination, but remains the disappointing performance of the blue who will have to take care of his elbow and above all to find himself because in the quarterfinals the powerful American awaits him Ben Shelton who eliminated our Lorenzo Sonego, A 22 -year -old American boy who pulls crazy bordered from the Fondo Campo.
