At Sofia Open 2021, Jannik Sinner attended as the No. 1 seed, and also the championship of the tournament. Last year, the Italian tennis player defeated Vasek Pospisil with a score of 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3) to be crowned. This championship also helped him become the youngest male tennis player to win the ATP title since the case of Kei Nishikori in 2008.
This year, Sinner continued to show impressive performance on Bulgaria. Accordingly, the 20 -year -old star had impressive performances to hold the ticket to the second consecutive final. In the semi -finals last night, he had just defeated Filip Krajinovic.
Entering Set 1, Sinner quickly showed superiority to the opponent. He quickly won the break in game 4 to lead the lead 3-1. Krajinovic later played very hard to reclaim the break in game 7, but that was not enough for him to turn the flag. Sang Game 8, Sinner successfully broke the opponent's gaming game again and ended set 1 with a 6-3 victory.
Set 2, Krajinovic has rising strongly. Accordingly, he was the one who won the previous break in game 6 to lead 4-2. However, Sinner also quickly showed his bravery to turn the flag. After reclaiming the break in Game 9, he continued to successfully break the opponent's gaming game in Game 11. Set 2 ended with a 7-5 victory in favor of the Italian player.
In the end, Sinner won 2-0 to win the ticket to the final. Here, the 20 -year -old star will face Gael Monfils. In the semi-final 1, the French player defeated Marcos Giron with a score of 2-0 (7-5 6-0).
Sharing about his opponent in the final, Sinner said: “Me and Monfils always have extremely intense matches. This is the fourth time we meet. He is an excellent player, everyone knows that. However, I am still very happy to be in the final and I will enjoy it.”
