Eyes on Turin 👀 By reaching in the semi finals in Sofia, @janniksin moves into the Top 10 in the Race for the Nitto ATP Finals! 8. Hurkacz 2775 9. Ruud 2720 10. Sinner 2345 11. Auger-Aliassime 2320
A couple of seeds advanced at the Sofia Open today as Jannik Sinner and Gael Monfils are through to the semifinals.
The first one on the courts was Gael Monfils who took on a tricky opponent in Gianluca Mager. While most adapt to clay tennis, Mager possesses a very strong first serve with flat strokes that can be very tricky to handle on fast courts such as grass and hard courts. None of that was a problem for Monfils who has an immense range in covering the court.
The match was a very fast-paced one as both players looked to quickly end the points not being interested in long rallies. Mager was especially brief in his play often ending points in less than 3 rallies. Sadly he misfired most often and Monfils was able to cruise 6-2 6-2 in only 50 minutes.
Joining him in the next round will be defending champion Jannik Sinner who also won in straight sets but the Italian faced a lot more issues than Monfils. Duckworth has been playing some of the best tennis of his career in the past few weeks and that was on display early. He took a 5-2 lead against a very erratic Sinner who needed time to find his rhythm.
Once he did he was able to turn back the lead and make it 5-5. The first set was decided in the tiebreak and it was Sinner who was sharper winning it 7-4. In the 2nd set Sinner once again fell on the backfoot trailing Duckworth 0-2 early. He would battle back from 4-2 down to make it 5-4 to him before closing it out with 6-4.
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