Sinner destroyed Tiafoe, reached the semifinal of the Miami Open and was on the verge of an unprecedented achievement in his career

Jannik Sinner played a shocking match in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open. The Italian, number two in the world, swept Frances Tiafoe and defeated the local tennis player 6-2 and 6-2 after just one hour and 11 minutes of play. In this way, he became one of those classified for the semifinals of the second Masters 1000 of the season, in addition to being very close to obtaining an unprecedented achievement for his career.

To describe the match of the four-time Grand Slam winner, one word must be used: perfection. Relying heavily on his serve, taking advantage of his rival’s unforced errors and poor serve, the native of San Candido made a wide difference in both the first set and the second.

With two breaks per sleeve, Sinner It didn’t take much work to maintain the lead. As if that were not enough, he swept the points obtained since the return, with a total of 27 compared to just 9 of Tiafoe. And in the key moments of the match, where he had break points in his favor, he took advantage of them all.

Thanks to this result, the Italian will once again compete in the semifinals of the Miami Open for the fourth time in his career. There he was already champion in the 2024 edition and finalist in 2021 and 2023. But the detail is that, for the first time, he was left with the latent chance of obtaining an unprecedented achievement for him: we are talking about the Sunshine DoubleThat is, winning this tournament and Indian Wells in the same year.

The only players who were able to achieve this milestone, at the men’s level in the ATP, were Andre Agassi, Marcelo Ríos, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Michael Chang. But that is still missing and Sinner He has a match pending before playing the final. In the semis, he will have to face Alexander Zverev or Francisco Cerúndolo.

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