Sinner beats Fils and flies to the final in Montpellier

Jannik Sinner flies to the final in Montpellier. The number 1 of Italy reached his eighth final in the ATP 250 of the French city: in the semifinal he defeated the eighteen-year-old Frenchman Arthur Fils 7-5 6-2, number 163 in the world, and confirmed his solid consistency given that he in fact, they have lost only three of their last 44 matches played against opponents outside the Top 50.

Fils, a former finalist at Roland Garros junior, can draw a lot of positive from his journey at the Sud de France Arena. He is the first player born after Carlos Alcaraz to reach an ATP semifinal and next week he will gain 46 positions in the standings: he will be number 117. In the final, Sinner will face the Danish teenager Holger Rune, number 9 in the world, or the 25-year-old American Maxime Cressy , number 51 Atp. He lost his only precedent against Rune, by withdrawal in the semifinal of Sofia, where he was the two-time reigning champion, last year. Instead, he beat Cressy in the only match, at the Challenger in Lexington, in the USA, in 2019.