Italian tennis player Jannik sinner said he managed to gain points at key moments in the Australian Open quarter-final match against Russian Andrei Rublev .
World number four Sinner beat fifth seed Rublev 6:4, 7:6 (7:5), 6:3 to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open. In the tiebreaker of the second set, Rublev led 5:1, but lost six points in a row.
– Of course, it was a difficult match, wasn’t it? I was expecting a very fast game, with few shots. I’m happy to move on to the next round.
— Andrey put pressure on you, especially during the tiebreaker of the second set.
— It was important for me to experience several very key moments of the match, and today there were many. Break points before the tie-break and other points.
There were a lot of rallies that had to be played under pressure, most of them went in my favor, so I’m very happy. But I was preparing for a difficult match. Even if I lost the second set, I understood that I would have to spend several hours on the court. When you face such a hard set, it helps later, I’m glad there were difficult moments. I think I did well and I hope it will bring success in the next match.
“With the score 5:1 in the tie-break, a lot of people were thinking: ‘My God, it’s going to end late, at 3 or 4 in the morning.’ Were you afraid of that or were you just focused on the doing the job and finishing the match as quickly as possible?
— I play until the end of the match. It’s a Grand Slam quarter-final, time doesn’t really matter. I knew if I won I would get two days off. Even if the match ends very late, you may have time to recover. But right now you’re not looking at the clock,” Sinner said at a news conference.
The Italian’s next opponent will be Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic.
Source : MatchTV
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