Andy Roddick, within the newest episode of his podcast Served With, aired after Jannik Sinner’s success over Alex de Minaur on the Australian Open 2025 quarterfinals, talked concerning the match and analyzed the semifinal problem that the Italian will play towards Ben Shelton, who eradicated Lorenzo Sonego within the quarterfinals.
The previous US tennis participant, former US Open winner and former ATP No.1 talked about what the younger American tennis participant has to do to have the ability to beat the ATP number one and attain the ultimate on the Australian Open.
“Ben has to take big risks repeatedly in the match if he wants to have a chance of causing problems for the world number 1. Sinner will try to insist repeatedly on Shelton’s backhand. Ben has to try to keep the points short and, at times, take risks when he sees the opportunity to be aggressive. That’s the only way he can win,” he defined.
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Roddick additionally paid Sinner a giant praise after his quarterfinal win over Alex de Minaur, saying, “The Italian’s recent performances are elevating him to the level of all-time greats in tennis.”
The previous American legend defined how troublesome it’s to play towards Sinner when he is within the form of kind he confirmed towards de Minaur.
“That doesn’t mean the Australian isn’t a great player. You see a lot of people commenting after this match and saying it’s easy for Sinner. There are also people saying about de Minaur that this guy sucks. Incomprehensible. He’s the world No. 8 in a global sport and he’s at his best. He’s a good fighter and athlete, he’s really smart. The problem is that he has no chance in this particular match,” he analyzed.Andy Roddick says what Ben Shelton has to do to beat Jannik Sinner
