Successful Sinner start in Sofia

Since the Masters tournament in Indian Wells, which was originally scheduled to take place in March, will be rescheduled next week, many top players are taking part in the ATP 250 tournament in San Diego as preparation. Jannik Sinner, on the other hand, is playing at the tournament in Bulgaria this week - especially because he won his first title at the same place. On Thursday he took the first step towards defending his title and defeated Egor Gerasimov 6:2 and 7:6. The world number 115. from Belarus proved to be a pleasant opponent for the second time this season in the deserted Armyts Arena, which actually has room for over 12 fans: the Sesto native had already beaten the strong-serving right-hander 000:500 and 6 at the ATP 3 tournament in Barcelona :6 dispatched. Although Gerasimov put up a little more resistance that day, the outcome of the game was never in doubt. Strong start Sinner impressed above all with his strong nerves, as he fended off all five break points in the first set. On the other hand, Sinner coldly took advantage of the two chances he got from Gerasimov. This led to a clear 6:2 set win. What stood out: a slightly different serving movement, which enabled the 20-year-old to generate a significantly higher speed. And so when he hit the target with his first serve, he almost always scored the point. In the rallies, however, not everything went smoothly, although Sinner knew how to shine with spectacular shots - like the one that won the first set. While the South Tyrolean had managed to break on the first attempt in the first round, he had to work much harder for it in the second set: Only when Gerasimov served for the set did Sinner take the serve from his opponent. The man from Sexten now shifted up a gear, took the lead 6:5 – and shortly afterwards earned two match points. But the youngster missed both, the second with a supposedly simple forehand. Unimpressed by this, the world number 14 triumphed. came up big in the tiebreak and won it 7:3. Now against Duckworth In the quarter-finals on Friday (17.00 p.m.) the duel awaits against the in-form James Duckworth, who contested the final of the 250 tournament in Nur-Sultan last week and defeated Sinner at the Masters 1000 tournament in Toronto this year .

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Successful Sinner start in Sofia

True to the motto “a good horse doesn’t jump higher than it has to,” Jannik Sinner cleared the first hurdle at the ATP 250 tournament in Sofia on Thursday.

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