Jannik Sinner survived an almighty scare against Daniil Medvedev to secure his place in the Italian Open final.<\/p>\n
Sinner won 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 against the Russian star, producing a near-perfect performance in front of a rapturous Italian crowd.<\/p>\n
The Italian took the first set 6-2, but the following set featured a rare slip-up for the World No. 1. He was broken for the first time in the tournament by Medvedev, who took a 3-0 lead in the second set.<\/p>\n
Sinner looked worse for wear and appeared to throw up on the court, which was also reported by Sky Sports\u2019 Naomi Cavaday and Tim Henman.<\/p>\n
The Italian, astonishingly, managed to fight back in the second set, however, despite suffering with clear fatigue issues throughout the rest of the match.<\/p>\n
His health issues were simply too much for him in the end, though, and he dropped the second set by a scoreline of 7-5. Sinner looked done for at that stage, but he was able to fight back to secure the match with a raucous Italian crowd roaring him on.<\/p>\n
Sinner took a 4-2 lead before a rain delay caused play to follow on to the next day. The Italian eventually take the deciding set by a scoreline of 6-4.<\/p>\n
After the match, Sinner said: \u201c\u201cVery different challenge. A tough challenge to be honest. During the night usually I never struggle to sleep. This night was not easy. When you\u2019re in the third set, nearly done, but you still have to show up again.. you never know what\u2019s happening you know. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s basically a new start of a match. There are nerves again. But again I\u2019m very happy how I handled the situation. Very happy to be back in the final. Tomorrow is gonna be again a very tough day. But I\u2019m very happy this match is finally over. It was a very long one.. very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sinner will play Casper Ruud in the final, after the Norwegian swept aside Luciano Darderi<\/a> 6-1, 6-1 in the other semi-final match in Rome.<\/p>\n The Italian will be very confident he can defeat Ruud in the final, and not just because he is playing so sensationally well at his home tournament.<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner schedule: World No 1\u2019s Wimbledon decision \u2018makes perfect sense\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner calls out issue he\u2019s noticed at the Italian Open this week \u2013 \u2018I am not a big fan\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Sinner<\/a> has an impressive head-to-head record against Ruud<\/a>, having never lost to the Norwegian in any of his four meetings with the star.<\/p>\n Their last match even came at the Italian Open<\/a>, where Ruud\u2019s game was ripped apart by the World No. 1. Sinner dropped just one game against Ruud.<\/p>\n Sinner\u2019s performance absolutely flawed Ruud at last year\u2019s event and he told press exactly what he thought about the Italian\u2019s game following the match.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s like you just look at the guy and say: \u2018Wow, this is kind of next-level s***.\u2019 Excuse my language,\u201d Ruud said after last year\u2019s drubbing. \u201cI don\u2019t know what else to say. It was almost fun to witness at the same time. Of course, I wish it was a closer match.<\/p>\n \u201cI wish I could have given the people, the fans, a longer or closer match. But I think that I was there ready to play, he was just even readier.\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner\u2019s level has undoubtedly increased in the last year, so Ruud could be in for a very difficult afternoon in the final against the Italian, despite Sinner\u2019s clear fatigue issues in Rome.<\/p>\n The post Jannik Sinner speaks after surviving a scare against Daniil Medvedev at the Italian Open<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jannik Sinner survived an almighty scare against Daniil Medvedev to secure his place in the Italian Open final. Sinner won 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 against the Russian star, producing a near-perfect performance in front of a rapturous Italian crowd. The Italian took the first set 6-2, but the following set featured a rare slip-up for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Jannik Sinner news<\/h2>\n