Italian teenager Jannik Sinner never lost his cool as he became the first debutant to reach the French Open quarter-finals since Rafael Nadal in 2005 with a 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 victory against a feverish Alexander Zverev on Sunday.
Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - October 4, 2020. Italy's Jannik Sinner during his fourth round match against Germany's Alexander Zverev REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Sinner wrapped up victory on a windswept Court Suzanne Lenglen with a booming forehand that Zverev could only return into the net.“I am completely sick after the match with Cecchinato in the night. Yeah, what can I say? I’m completely sick,” he said.Related Coverage“It was 38. It was 38 in the night or in the evening.”
“It’s a best-of-five sets match, it’s a bit different. Even if you lose a set you just try to keep going,” said Sinner, who has only gone the distance one time in his young career, losing to Russian Karen Khachanov in the first round of this year’s U.S. Open. Sinner saved two break points at 5-3 and Zverev grew frustrated, smashing his racket on the ground when the Italian set up a first set point, then another.Sinner continued to play better on the important points and a couple of breaks earned him the second set on his opponent’s serve with Zverev appearing to be bothered by gusts of wind.
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