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The second semi-final of men’s singles of the Italian Open 2024 was between Nicolás Jarry of Chile and Tommy Paul of America.
Set 1
Both were playing high-quality tennis in the first set. Both held their serve in the first 7 games. Nicolás Jarry broke Tommy Paul’s serve in the 8th game and led 5-3. Nicolás Jarry then held his serve in the 9th game and won the first set 6-3.
Set 2
We could see the same high quality of tennis in the second set. In the fifth game of the second set, Nicolás Jarry broke Tommy Paul’s serve and then he held his serve to lead 4-2 in the second set. But this time Tommy Paul came back in style to the match. He held his serve in the 7th game and broke Nicolás Jarry’s service in the 8th game to make the set 4-4 at the end of the 8th game. The second set ended in a tiebreaker. Tommy Paul played a great tiebreaker. He was leading 4-0 at one point in the tiebreaker. He eventually won the tiebreaker 7-3 and with that, he won the set 7-6.
Set 3
Nicolás Jarry got a chance to break Tommy Paul’s service in the 4th game of the third set, but Tommy Paul saved the break point by playing well. Then in the 6th game, Nicolás Jarry played great tennis to break Tommy Paul’s serve. He held his serve in the 7th game to lead 5-2 in the set. Tommy Paul held his serve in the next game. The ninth game was very dramatic. Nicolás Jarry went 40-0 up in his service game but Tommy Paul saved three match points. Although Nicolás Jarry served great and won this game and this set with him 6-3.
Result
Both played very high-quality tennis throughout the match. Nicolás Jarry hit 13 aces in the match and Tommy Paul hit 7 aces. Nicolás Jarry served strongly and played great forehands. He also played some great artistic shots. Nicolás Jarry won the match 6-3 6-7 6-3 to reach the final. This is his first ATP Masters 1000 final. He will face Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the final.
I have uploaded a review of this match on YouTube keeping in mind the Bengali audience and listeners. If you want, you can watch that video. The link is given below.