Jannik Sinner made his debut at the ATP Finals in Turin, where he was defending champion, with Félix Auger-Aliassime beating him eight days after the last live match (the final was won in the 1000 in Paris) 7-5, 6-1 in one hour and 40 minutes. However, tonight’s match really lasted one set, fiercely and with a very high tempo on the fast court of Inalpi Arena. Then in the final game of the first set, the Canadian injured his left calf and from then on the match was one-sided. The physiotherapist’s intervention was not enough at 3-0 to Sinner and again at 4-1: Auger-Aliassime had difficulty moving, far from the agility and sprint of the first hour in which he tenaciously held off Jannik’s attack: he neutralized two break points at 3-2 and a set point at 5-4, before losing 7-5. The Italian played a good first set on serve (conceding only three points), a few errors in return, then no match again. His journey in the Finals group continues on Wednesday against Alexander Zverev.
Nothing to do with Musetti, who was beaten earlier in the afternoon by Taylor Fritz, last year’s finalist. The American looked like an insurmountable wall and Lorenzo, fresh from his effort in Athens (a three-hour final against Djokovic, who later conceded in the Final and encouraged him to come back), didn’t have the energy to try to reverse the trend of the match. Which ended 6-3, 6-4. On Tuesday evening Carrarino will return to the field for the match against Alex De Minaur.
