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07 October 2020Between Jannik Sinner's dreams and reality there is # 2 Rafa Nadal, the king of clay and 12 times winner at Roland Garros: surrender with his head held high for the 19-year-old 'bad boy' from San Candido, who confirms his great ascent but he has to say goodbye to Paris in the quarterfinals: 7-6 (4) 6-4 6-1 in 2h49 'for the champion from Manacor.



Sinner's start was splendid, he plays without awe and serves for the set at 6-5, before undergoing the counterbreak and then losing at the tie-break.

Excellent also the second game of the South Tyrolean, who 'hits hard' and plays evenly but the first empty pass is punished by Nadal.

In the third set the intensity of the blue drops drastically and against a player like Rafa you can't afford it.

Game over inevitable.  



Heart, 'blood' and sweat also lead Diego Schwartzman, the Spaniard's next opponent, to the semifinals.

Very hard fight and endless race on the 'Chatrier', with the Argentine n.12 of the seeding and recent finalist in Rome who folds 7-6 (1) 5-7 6-7 (6) 7-6 (5) 6-2 n.3 Dominic Thiem after a five-hour and eight-minute marathon that upset, together with the rain, the Roland Garros program (Sinner's match has been 'moved' to a very late hour).

Crazy and beautiful game, almost a tennis manifesto, with the two players arrived exhausted at the epilogue and the Austrian (back from another long battle in the second round against Gaston) literally collapsed in the fifth set.