The Czech Tomas Machac was forced to change his racket in the middle of the semi-final of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai. The reason? She could not withstand the numerous blows unleashed by Jannik Sinner.
The scene is unusual to say the least. During the semi-final of the Shanghai Masters 1000 won by world No. 1 Jannik Sinner, his opponent, the Czech Tomas Machac, was forced to change his racket. And this for a very specific reason.
Between two points in the second set, the player then called out to his opponent to show him the frame of his racket, which did not resist the previous exchange. “You play too fast, the racket is broken,” Tomas Machac said laughing to Jannik Sinner.
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Visibly surprised, the Italian then approached to see the damage before letting out a “sorry”. The latter ended up winning this duel of big hitters (6-4, 7-5) to offer himself a final against the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who defeated the American Taylor Fritz (6-4, 7-6).
