Paris-Jannik Sinner, high-end, beat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (3) Friday to set up a final of the French Open against defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Djokovic is the record champion of the great male slab at 24 times, but could not counter the implacable precision of the sinner and beat the couples of the court on the court Philippe Chatrier.
The sinner became only the second Italian to reach the final at Roland Garros after Adriano Panatta, 1976 champion.
Earlier, Alcaraz led 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0, 2-0 against Lorenzo Musetti when the Italian of the eighth seeded retired with a leg injury.
Sinner aims at his fourth major title, Alcaraz his fifth.
Djokovic retaliated in the third set but withered in the break in equality, in a way missing an easy net with a net to follow 3-0, then lost on the second match point which he faced when his forehand hit the net.
“These are rare and special moments,” said Sinner. “I am very happy.”
He extended his sequence of victories in the Grand Colem tournaments at 20 games, after winning the US Open and the Australian Open.
Djokovic called on for a 38th final of the Grand Colem Record and eighth in Paris, where he was won three times. But he spent a large part of the semi-final camped behind the base line, sliding with full trunction and growled very while the sinner sent him rushing to the left and on the right like a wiper.
The sinner congratulated Djokovic after defeating him for a fourth consecutive time.
“It was such a special opportunity against Novak in the semi-finals of a Grand Colem,” said Sinner. “I had to intensify. I had to play the best tennis possible.”
When they met in the net, Djokovic gave sinner a warm embrace and hit her chest several times.
Djokovic did not seem sure how to disturb Italian.
He tilted his head back to frustration when, in the second match of the second set, his attempted drop of drop. Then his lob was not high enough, and the sinner broke it easily. Finally, when a rally of 26 times has made its way – with sliced drops and even improbable recovery – Djokovic obtained a huge ovation of the crowd, which beuglé, “Novak! Novak!” while he was treating applause. This made him duce. But Sinner took the game.
The sinner became the Roland Garros Showman Djokovic so often on the main courtyard, where he won three of his main titles.
An improvised drop stroke from the gunshot from the back of the back of the terrain was majestic, too good, even for Djokovic to come back.
Djokovic had a brief massage on the upper right thigh during the change at 6-5. Serving for the second set a second time, the sinner won him when Djokovic could not return his strong service.
Djokovic immediately took a medical time and received a massage treatment on the same leg for a few minutes.
He looked clearer in the third set, but the sinner held his nerve.
Alcaraz opened its doors as a -125 favorite to defeat Sinner (-105) in the final, according to the ESPN BET ratings.
The information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
