Lorenzo Sonego had a dream of reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open 2025, however his dream was shattered by the serve and energy of Ben Shelton. The Italian achieved his greatest consequence at Slam stage by reaching the quarterfinals. Shelton discovered a key to victory by limiting the variety of errors within the essential moments of the match.
“I’m happy with my attitude, my attitude on the court and how I experienced it. I tried to give everything I had in every match and I have no regrets, and this is very important. I made many improvements: in the return, in the backhand, I became more aware of my tennis. My game is not perfect, but we are on the right path because there is still room for improvement from a tactical point of view to make me increasingly competitive,” mentioned Sonego in a press convention.
The Italian has no doubts that Jannik Sinner, Shelton’s subsequent opponent, will be capable to discover a strategy to win the match and attain the ultimate for the second consecutive yr.
“Jannik will know what to do since he has played and won against him many times. Surely being able to neutralize the serve gives you an advantage and Sinner is one of the best in the world in return,” he defined.
Jannik Sinner© Roland Garros/honest use
“Other than the serve, I controlled the game. Today Ben made fewer errors than usual and made very few mistakes compared to other times I’ve seen him play. He was very solid, he never gave me rhythm because he played sometimes backhanded, sometimes a slightly higher ball, other times a fast racket so it was difficult to get into rhythm. Then, in the third set, when I started hitting a little more, being more proactive, the game definitely changed,” he added.
Sonego, regardless of the defeat, can and have to be happy with the trail he skilled in Australia and look to the long run with optimism. It’s in truth a match that would present him with new consciousness on this kind of second profession; a second profession through which he’ll be capable to write different essential pages of his private historical past on the earth of tennis.
