(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 06 - Jannick Sinner qualifies for the first time in the US Open tennis quarter-finals.
And with Matteo Berrettini already qualified, it is also the first time that among the best eight of the American tournament there are two Italians at the same time.
The 21-year-old South Tyrolean n.13 in the ATP and 11th seeded aFlushing Meadows beat the 28-year-old Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (n.73) after five sets, who in the third round on the concrete of the slamUsa had eliminated Lorenzo Musetti: 6-1 5-7 6 -2 4-6 6-3 the final score between Sinner and Ivashka.
Sinner will play tomorrow against the winner of the eighth match between the Croatian Marin Cilic and the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz.
Berrettini instead finds the Norwegian CasperRuud in the quarterfinals tonight.
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