Jannik Sinner continues his run in the direction of the protection of the title on the Australian Open 2025, reaching the semifinal of the Comfortable Slam and equaling the report of semis Main that amongst Italian tennis gamers belonged solely to Nicola Pietrangeli.
The ATP No.1 additionally turned the primary Italian to push himself to the semifinal of the Comfortable Slam on at the least two events, overcoming Matteo Berrettini.
Sinner acquired the tenth victory in as many matches performed towards an opponent who’s unable to fret him in any method: Alex De Minaur, who in entrance of the house crowd noticed the Italian dominate far and large and train him a extreme lesson.
“Semifinal as a defending champion? Every time it’s different. The first time you remember forever and when you find yourself in this position you are happy to be there. You should never take anything for granted and I am happy to be here and to be able to play good tennis. I like the conditions in Australia and it’s nice to play in this atmosphere. I just try to enjoy the moment,” analyzed Sinner on the press convention, earlier than dwelling on the issues he confronted throughout his earlier match with Holger Rune.
“At the end of the match against Rune, I did blood tests and other tests. The results were good. Sometimes you don’t feel good on the court. Today I woke up well. I’m not worried and I felt great on the court,” he added.
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On the semifinal towards Ben Shelton, Jannik stated: “I expect a tough match. He is one of the best big servers on Tour. He is aggressive, he can attack the net and play from the baseline. We’ll see, it will be difficult for both. Too bad for Sonego, theirs was a balanced match and they could both win.”
“I played a great match today. I served really well. Getting the break at the beginning of each set was important. It was definitely my best match of the tournament so far. 10-0 against de Minaur? Every match is different. Sometimes the momentum can change quickly. There were also close matches between us, like the final in Rotterdam. Every time I expect something different from him and I always have to be ready, which I did today,” defined the Italian.
