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Patna : World No 36 & 4th seed Jannik Sinner, 19, Italy, upset World No 20 & 2nd seed Karen Khachanov, 24, Russia, in a three-set thriller 7-6, 4-6,7-6 in 3hr 07 minutes in semi-finals on February 6, 2021. to reach the finals at the Adelaide International Tennis Tournament in Australia.
Sinner, in all, won 129 points to 121 by Khachanov. Sinner also fired 10 Aces to 6 by the Russian. Khachanov, however, won 5 break points to 4 by Sinner. The Russian also won 3 games in a row during the match to 2 by the Italian. Sinner will face World No 71 Stefano Travaglia, 29, Italy, in the final, on February 7, 2021, making it an all-Italian Finals.
Travaglia beat World No 83 Thiago Monteiro, 26, Brazil, 6-3, 6-4 in semi-finals in 1hr 25 minutes. Travaglia won 3 break points during the match to 1 by Monteiro. The Italian fired 10 Aces during the match to 8 by the Brazilian. Travaglia also committed 3 double faults though. Travaglia, in all, won 65 points to 58 by Monteiro.