Jannik Sinner today, Saturday 22 June, try to reach the final of the tournament Halle. The blue, number one in the world, challenges the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang, number 42 in the world and the first Chinese player in the Open era to reach the semi-finals in a grass tournament (which will not be held before 3pm on the Owl Arena). An unprecedented match for Sinner: «I played a lot, I will try to recover», said the South Tyrolean after the match with the German Jan-Lennard Struff in three sets (6-2, 6-7, 7-6).
“It was very hard, even mentally”
«I had opportunities in the second and third, but I wasn’t able to take advantage of them. I was 0-40 at the start of the third set and I didn’t take advantage of it. I try to accept these types of challenges. Obviously it was very hard, even mentally,” she added. An excellent run in the German tournament also for Zhang who eliminated the Russian in the round of 16 Daniil Medvedev (6-3, 2-6, 7-5) and in the quarterfinals he beat the American Chris Eubanks (6-4, 4-6, 7-5). The other semi-final is the one between the Pole Hubert Hurkacz and German Alexander Zverev.
Where to watch the match on TV
The match between Jannik Sinner and Zhizhen Zhang will be live on Sky Sport Tennis and streaming on Sky Go and Now.
