"Sinner escapes from Atmane's grasp"

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Mischievous journey for Jannik Sinner at the ATP 500 in Beijing, forced to give an extra effort to dominate Terence Atmane who returned to the court with the belief of being able to defeat anyone in front of him. This time it was the World No. 2, the reigning runner-up of the tournament, the four-time Grand Slam winner. It didn't matter to him, within the Frenchman's mind, there is a tool that makes him forget any kind of statistics. In the end, he ended up surrendering in three acts (6-4, 5-7, 6-0), but he can go back to the locker room in peace. He gave us much more than most opponents who give up before flipping the coin.

Few voices could have predicted that Atmane would cause so many problems for Sinner this morning in Beijing, but the truth is that the Frenchman played a splendid match, both tactically and mentally. Especially in the second set, because if you don't step on the court thinking you can beat these people, forget about everything else. He already proved his worth in the last Cincinnati tournament, where he took eight games off the Italian in the semifinals. That was not bad, but this time the challenge was to raise the bar a couple of levels. Perhaps steal a set? Maybe something more?

The 6-4 start gifted us with a set where small details made the difference. The San Candido native found a break in the third game and started building from there. It's true that he didn't threaten his opponent's service again, but the important thing in those moments is always to hold your own, which he did remarkably. That put him ahead and, in a way, made him relax a bit. Jannik might have thought the job was done, that the 23-year-old French player had nothing more to offer, but he was mistaken. He was wrong and paid for it.

It must be a glorious feeling to go head-to-head with a tennis machine like Sinner, that's what Terence felt in the second set. Moments of maximum equality from the baseline – in this set, the Frenchman won more points from that area – a time when his racket was on fire – he also hit more winners – they were even in moments of weakness. Someone breaks his serve? Well, the other responds in the same way. This led to seeing up to four consecutive games won on return, an incomprehensible fact considering how powerful they both are. Then it reached 6-5, with the Italian serving to force a tiebreak, but there was a surprise awaiting him.

The surprise was that his opponent, even at a moment of maximum responsibility, where you need to play with maturity and focus, managed to maintain the same aggressiveness and confidence as at the beginning. Atmane was ready to strike, just like in Cincinnati, except this time with a couple of side notes that helped him delve a couple of meters deeper into his plan. He missed the first set point, an unstoppable serve from the world No. 2. On the second one, when the ball was in play, he used his audacity to plant all doubts in Jannik's mind as he watched the first set of the tournament slip away.

GETTING THINGS IN ORDER IN THE DECISIVE SET

This movie only lacked a good ending, but I don't mean that one had to win over the other, but to maintain the parity that entertained us so much during the first two hours of battle. In the decisive set, where the truly good ones step up, Atmane stepped back. He changed his shirt, and the red didn't suit him well, although what was really hurting him was the 'orange' on the other side of the net, finding the purest concentration to put things in order and dominate a match that went from being completely up in the air to being in the hands of the Italian. Jannik also knows how to suffer, but if there's something he knows, it's to face the truth when it matters. Ticket to the quarterfinals with a scare, awaiting Fabian Marozsan.

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