Jannik Sinner will play in his fourth semi-final of the season after dealing with the lively Machak.©AFP
World No. 3 Jannik Sinner stormed into the Miami Open semifinals on Wednesday, defeating Czech Tomas Machac 6-4, 6-2. Italian Sinner, who won his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open this year, will play in his fourth semi-final of the season after meeting the lively Machak in 91 minutes. Sinner broke the Czech’s serve in the first game, but Machac responded immediately and rewritten the score to 1-1. The crowd rose to their feet to appreciate a brilliant defensive performance from Sinner, who eventually took control of the set, breaking serve to take a 4-3 lead before ending the match.
The second set was more straightforward, with Sinner breaking in the third game and never looking back.
Despite the comfortable victory, Sinner said Machak deserves credit for his energetic and aggressive performance.
“He has incredible talent. He’s super fast and in great shape,” the world number three said.
“I don’t know what will happen today. The first game I will think about what tactics worked or didn’t work,” he added.
“I played well, especially in the big moments of the game, which made it … on the scoreboard, you see the score, but sometimes it lies. It was a little bit like that today,” Sinner said.
The 22-year-old will next face the winner of Wednesday’s other quarter-final match between defending champion Daniil Medvedev and Chile’s Nicolas Jarry.
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