The fans in Arthur Ashe could not believe what they had witnessed but Alcaraz then dumped a forehand into the net on set point as Sinner held on.Īlcaraz had one more chance to take the set in the tie-break but Sinner saved it with an ace and then landed a backhand in the corner to level the contest. With Sinner at game point to force a tie-break and after another excellent serve, Alcaraz pulled off the shot of the tournament, wrapping his racket around his back to send the ball flying low over the net and then passing his opponent with a winner. The Spaniard looked poised to take the set when he moved to 0-40 in Sinner’s next service game only for the Italian to produce some clutch serving when he needed it most. This time it was Sinner who moved into an early lead, his flat hitting giving him the initiative, and he maintained his advantage until he came to serve for it at 5-4, when Alcaraz broke back. The second was arguably the best of the tournament so far. Sinner made a nervous start, double-faulting three times in his opening service game, and, although he quickly broke back, Alcaraz was hitting his shots with the greater conviction and deservedly took the first set. Sinner’s spell as the brightest young talent in tennis was swiftly cut short by the emergence of Alcaraz, who swept past his rival and into the top 10.īut the Italian had come out on top in their two recent meetings, in the fourth round at Wimbledon and then at the ATP tournament in Umag, Croatia.
I knew to close a match is really difficult, I have to stay in the match, try to stay calm.” “I just believed in myself, believed in my game. I will never be tired to say that all the wins I have in this amazing court is thanks to the support I receive.
The level of the match, high quality of tennis. The fans that remained until the end cheered loudly for Alcaraz, and he said: “Honestly I still don’t know how I did it. We showed guys the ramification of that, how it hurts you as a football team field-position wise, keeps drives alive, and we had that today where a couple sustained drives through penalties that we got, that were against us, which I thought was really good.He could yet leave New York as the world number one but, in a tournament that appears to have finally signalled a real changing of the guard, this match was more than anything a demonstration that men’s tennis need not be scared of a future without its aging superstars. You beat yourself that way, and we just don't want to do that. "If you go over the line, you see that, whether it's hitting after the whistle, pushing, hitting quarterbacks out of bounds, all those types of things that beat you. "You can still hit, and do the things, and play aggressive, and finish plays, and do it the right way. "You know, we've said from the onset that we're going to play smart, aggressive football," Eberflus said. The Bears defense held Deebo Samuel to two catches for 14 yards. While trying to rally, the 49ers on their final four possessions punted, turned it over on downs twice and Jackson made his interception.
The Bears had three penalties for 24 yards and the 49ers 12 for 99 yards, including multiple penalties on two Bears TD drives and at least one on every Bears TD drive.
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