Super Sonego beats Djokovic 6-2 6-1 and goes to the semifinals in Vienna

Now there is Evans. Game without history: the performance in the service of the blue immediately directs the challenge against a foul and slow Nole. In 68 minutes the most important success of his career: he is the sixth blue to beat the first in the ranking

Extraordinary feat of Lorenzo Sonego, who becomes the sixth Italian in history to beat the world number one in office. At the ATP 500 in Vienna (1,409,510 euros, fast indoor) the Piedmontese, number 42 in the world, dominates Djokovic 6-2 6-1 in 68 minutes and in the semifinals he will face the British Daniel Evans (33 in the world), who has beat the Bulgarian Dimitrov 7-6 (3) 4-6 6-3.

Lollo, a great Torino fan, had entered the draw as a lucky loser after the defeat in the decisive round of qualifiers, but this week has shown that he deserves good luck. The match against Djokovic was perfect, the right mix between the fantastic performance of Gipo Arbino’s pupil and the bad day of the strongest player in the world, slow and difficult. Sonego’s service performance was decisive, winning 80% of points with the first (8 aces) without ever giving Nole the chance to become aggressive with the response, especially in the first set. But even in cross-country exchanges he held up, often managing to go around the ball to hit with the anomalous forehand: in the end he will even get 26 winners with just 7 free. And when the Serbian, 3-1 down in the second set, tries to come back by getting three break points, the Turin player will not be overwhelmed by emotion, repelling the attack. In the end he will have canceled all six break points granted: “The most extraordinary game of my career”. He is now virtually number 35. The last Italian to beat a number one was Fognini with Murray in Rome in 2017: the others are Barazzutti (Nastase), Panatta (twice with Connors), Pozzi (Agassi) and Volandri (Federer) .