The best match of the year! Sinner and Alcaraz appeared in a 5-set drama at the US Open

In the quarterfinals of the US Open 2022 Yannick Sinner (Italy, ATP 13) and carlos alcaraz (Spain, ATP 4) played a fiery 5-set match. The winner in the end was a 19-year-old Spaniard.

US Open 2022. 1/4 final

carlos alcaraz (Spain) – Yannick Sinner (Italy) – 6:3, 6:7 (7:9), 6:7 (0:7), 7:5, 6:3

The Spaniard took the first set with the score * 2:3 (40:40). In game 2, Yannick already took a break in game three, confidently continuing his serves, but was unable to send a set with a score of * 5:4 (30:15). Carlos took Sinner’s serves amazingly and now the score is *5:6 (0:40) on Yannick’s serve. It seems everything, but no. Sinner won the game, saved 3 sets of points and moved the game to the tie-break.

Carlos was the first to falter at the tie-break, giving up the pitch but coming back almost instantly. With the score 5:5, Yannick confidently took a point and went to the 1st set point. Alcaraz gave up, the score was *6:7, but thanks to confident play, Sinner won the next 3 points and took the 2nd set.

Game 3 started no less tense, but this time the Italian was the first to serve. Carlos took the lead 4:2, but failed to retain the advantage and had to serve himself to stay in the 3rd set. As a result, the score is 5:5 and the Spaniard is on a break! Then serve the set in favor of Carlos at 30:15 and… And Sinner’s break! The fate of the game was determined by Sinner’s tie-break with a score of 7:0!

Has the Alcaraz swam? It looked that way at first, because the 4th set started with a shot that the Spaniard lost. Sinner confidently took the lead, then floundered, the score was 3:3, but the Italian again took a time-out and took his serve, thus providing 5:3 *. Carlos awarded under 0, score *5:4 and Yannick serving for the match, score 30:15, N:40, first game point… First and last! The Spanish player returned to the game by scoring 3 points in a row. And then it’s a matter of technique – the score was 7:5 in favor of Carlos, the match went into the 5th set.

The tension in the match was incredible, it was the 5th hour of the match, the young tennis players took their matches. With a set of 2:2, Carlos left his serve and then scored a confident 40:15 in Yannick’s game. The score was *3:2 (40:15), but Sinner did not accept the game and could not continue any further. The incredible Carlos won 4 games in a row and closed the match!

The match lasted 5 hours and 18 minutes. This is the 2nd longest game in US Open history. Carlos reached his first Grand Slam semi-final. Another record was set – this fight was the last of the matches to end in the history of the US Open.

In the semi-finals, Alcaraz will play Francis Tiafoe, who defeated Andrey Rublev in the 1/4 final.