After Indian Wells, also Miami. Jannik Sinner beats Emiil Ruusuvuori in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Miami Open, and reaches the second consecutive ATP Masters 1000 semifinal. The third in my career. Thanks to a very solid performance, the Italian talent completely overturns the hierarchies compared to twelve months ago and from a rather privileged position he is waiting for an opponent already faced in California, who will emerge from the match between Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz.
The 6-3 6-1 final leaves little room for interpretation, topped off with a break due to rain that does not affect Sinner in a way. Winning, among other things, would allow him to strongly approach the eighth box of the ranking.
Despite some shortcomings with the first ball and a decidedly more fluctuating performance from the baseline compared to the challenges with Dimitrov and Rublev, the blue talent makes up for the lack of brilliance in an extraordinary way during the first set against Ruusuvuori.
Sinner, who squanders a 0-30 situation in the third game with two rather gross errors in the setting phase, pays for a pinch of inaccuracy in the immediately following game and needs the first ball to be rescued to cancel a break point at 30-40.
Ruusuvuori, who ignoring a few flashes with his…
