{"id":362120,"date":"2024-01-23T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=362120"},"modified":"2024-01-23T16:02:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:02:16","slug":"sinner-survives-injury-scare-to-seal-djokovic-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=362120","title":{"rendered":"Sinner survives injury scare to seal Djokovic date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jannik Sinner will look to achieve the unthinkable and end Novak Djokovic's<\/a> incredible 33-match winning streak at the Australian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sinner booked himself a semi-final spot after defeating Andrey Rublev in straight sets \u2013 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3\ufeff.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Italian was never broken by his Russian rival in the match which lasted all of two hours and 39 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Sinner won two of his seven break-point opportunities while Rublev failed to convert any of his eight chances.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"It's obviously very tough to play against him," said Sinner.<\/p>\n

\"Jannik<\/p>\n

"We had some really tough matches already in the past. Today was three sets but I could \ufeffhave lost both first sets.<\/p>\n

"Already he had so many break-points and somehow I served really well on that one. It goes everything so fast, it's more reaction and trying to move him a little bit more than I do."<\/p>\n

\ufeffWatch the 2024 Australian Open live and exclusive on Nine,<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and ad-free on<\/strong><\/em> Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\ufeffPerhaps the most pivotal moment of the match came in the second set tie-breaker when Rublev led 5-1 but conceded six straight points to lose the set.<\/p>\n

Sinner said the change of ends after six points literally turned the game around for him with the wind working in his favour.<\/p>\n

\"Sinner<\/p>\n

"We changed ends\ufeff. It was a little bit windy so I know I had a little bit of an advantage," said Sinner.<\/p>\n

"I tried to hold the serve at 5-2 and then somehow breaking him at least once and then I did it twice and all of a sudden I was 5-4 on serve.<\/p>\n

"This is all really tight but actually this kind of moment I love to play. This is what I practice for and this is why it's exciting when you always have these pressure points on.<\/p>\n

"I try to stay aggressive\ufeff. It went my way today, so I'm really happy."<\/p>\n

Sinner will face Djokovic on Friday. \ufeff<\/p>\n

The Italian has played the Serbian six times in total. The most recent clash saw Sinner claim victory in the Davis Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n

"I'm really lucky to face him again," Sinner told Nine's Jim Courier post-match.<\/p>\n

\"Andrey<\/p>\n

"This is one of the biggest tournaments in the world. I'm happy that I can play against the No.1 in the world.<\/p>\n

"He won here sometimes, so it's going to be tough," he chuckled.<\/p>\n

"The only thing I can control is that I will give my 100 percent. I will fight for every ball, then we'll see what the outcome will be."<\/p>\n

The Australian Open continues on Wednesday where Carlos Alcaraz will take on Alexander Zverev while Daniil Medvedev faces Hubert Hurcasz.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jannik Sinner will look to achieve the unthinkable and end Novak Djokovic's incredible 33-match winning streak at the Australian Open. Sinner booked himself a semi-final […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":362122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=362120"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362126,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362120\/revisions\/362126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/362122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=362120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=362120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=362120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}