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06 September 2021 Jannik Sinner will have to wait at least another year to play the quarter-finals of the US Open for the first time, a milestone reached twelve months ago at Roland Garros. Too strong Alexander Zverev for the blue at the moment.
In the round of 16 of the last Slam of the season, at the Artur Ashe Stadium, the German controlled the match from start to finish, ending up 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7) in two hours and 25 minutes of game.
Some regrets for Sinner, who had beaten Zverev last year on clay in Paris, losing instead on the fast indoor Cologne, but still giving the feeling of being able to play on par with the German.
In New York, however, it went differently. Very solid Zverev from the start, in confidence after the triumph at the Olympic Games and the victory in Cincinnati, and (almost) unplayable in the service. After playing two break points badly in the fourth game, in the first set Sinner lost his serve in the next game and was never able to return, paying the big difference at bat: you are ace zero for the German and just 36% of the players. points won with the second from Alto Adige.