Sinner struggled, broken shoelaces to enter the US 1/8 round to expand

After two matches easily against Vit Kopriva (ranked 89th) and Alexei Popyrin (36), "Sinner " has faced difficulties before the free and creative play of the Canadian player. Shapovalov, ranked 29th, wanted to play a reckless game like four years ago, when he had surpassed Sinner in Melbourne.

Thanks to the deep drama and the ability to fight durable from the end of the yard, Shapovalov broke the break soon, leading 4-1 after only 15 minutes in set one. Under the guidance of Swedish coach Mikael Tillstrom, was the teacher of Gael Monfils, this left -handed player played awake in both tactics and techniques to control the game. However, at the right time, Shapovalov made a smash broken (the ball when the ball flew over the head) at the score of 5-2, opening the ray of hope for the "train " Sinner to return to the tracks.

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One of the memorable moments of the match is when Shapovalov is leading 5-3 and serve to end the set. At the score of 15-30 in favor of Sinner, the two players create a quality double phase from the end of the yard. Sinner constantly aimed at a left -handed shot - Shapovalov's weakness. Unreally submitted, Canadian player launched a sophisticated short shot, forcing Sinner to rush to save the ball. However, from a very difficult position, Sinner responded with a short shot, before launching a beautiful left -handed tire, causing Arthur Ashe to burst. Despite winning the break in this game, up to four double serve errors in the first set made Sinner still lose 5-7, also after a double serve. However, his boom came quite late. In the sixth game, Sinner let the opponent equalize from 40-15 to 40-40, and the scream of technical coach Vagnozzi easily heard: "Go up Jan, move forward! ". Sinner responded with a beautiful hand-shot along the string to keep the game, equalizing the score 3-3. The situation reversed, Shapovalov suddenly decided-the former Top 10 in the world in the seventh game made three damage errors and a double serve-helping Sinner 4-3.

set the three opening with Shapovalov's break after three errors of Sinner. The 24-year-old player was in a hurry, while the Canadian opponent serve well and controlled the pace, leading 3-0. At this time, Sinner had a small problem: his shoelaces were broken and had to change new shoes. This seems to wake up the defending champion. Although the serve continues to have problems, Sinner keeps the game serve, shortening the score to 1-3.

He persisted in chasing, taking advantage of all opportunities to break the ball backwards, bringing the score to 2-3. When Sinner found the feeling of serve, everything became smooth. He equalized 3-3, encouraged by Vagnozzi: "Fighting, this is your real person! ". Shortly thereafter, taking advantage of three opponent's double serve errors in a game, Sinner passed 4-3 and 5-3. With a series of six consecutive winning games, the player from northern Italy won the three set with a score of 6-3. He started the strong four sets with break, leading 3-0, finding the feeling with the serve one and proceeding to the serve game to end the match. The winning rate of Sinner's serve in this set is up to 83%. The dramatic last moment when Shapovalov had the opportunity to break the ball backwards, but Sinner's vagnozzi and Cahill coaches constantly shouted "moving forward! ". He equalized, won Match Point and closed the match with a score of 6-3. The journey is hard, but continues.

after the match, Sinner shared: "This match is really difficult. We know each other for many years, each confrontation for quite a long time. Both have improved a lot. I know I have to play well. He starts strong, but I have clung to the spirit, wait to see what will happen. I am satisfied with this victory.".

This winner helps the world's number one player continue to extend the unbeaten series at the Grand Slam tournament on the hard pitch to the number of 24 victories. "The number of players decreases in the second week, and I'm still here," Sinner said. "I only focus on the next match. Everything will be more and more difficult, both physically and mentally. I am very happy to remain. New York is a special place for me. This is the place where I was in the main table of a Grand Slam first. I don't need to say much, just listen to the sound from the audience is enough. This is the largest stage of the tennis. Tommy Paul 14 of the US or Alexander Bublik 24 of Kazakhstan.