The vest remains white: Sinner also defeats Berrettini

Although both actors have been among the top cracks on the tour for years, they have never met each other. The interest surrounding the game between Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini was all the greater. The latter had said just a few days ago, that he suffered from depression and even thought about quitting. The reason for this was the many injuries that caused him to slip out of the top 30 in the world rankings. Since the Wimbledon tournament, the 27-year-old has been his old self again. He also proved that on Tuesday in Toronto. He demanded everything from Sinner for a long time, but was unable to gain the advantage that he would have deserved given the proportions of the game. The South Tyrolean punished this in the style of a top player and ultimately won clearly 6:4 and 6:3. The match on the Grandstand, which was filled to capacity, started as expected: hard fought. Berrettini applied a lot of pressure with his forehand, Sinner was mostly pushed into the defensive. And because the serve was stuck, he faced seven break points in the first three service games. However, the man from Sexten kept a cool head, circled strong second serves into the field and destroyed all opportunities. The missed chances scratched Berrettini's self-confidence, who threw in a horror game when the score was 4:5: two double faults, a miserable forehand mistake - and the set was gone. The Roman was the better player for long stretches. Sinner shows no quarter The way the passage was lost threw Berrettini into a hole. Sinner, on the other hand, really blossomed. Suddenly all returns were in the field, every groundstroke landed a few centimeters from the baseline and the serve went significantly better. The fact that it quickly became 3-0 in his favor was also due to Berrettini, who gave up his serve after 40-0 and several forehand errors in a row. Sinner skillfully defended the lead he had gained: Berrettini nibbled on a break here and there, but Darren Cahill's protégé was wide awake in the important moments. The last service game was an example of this: two aces and two more winning strokes meant the game ended after exactly 90 minutes. Sinner has now won all nine matches against Italian players. In the round of 40 there will now be a duel with another big name: The three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray (ATP 7), who eliminated Lorenzo Sonego 6:6 and 0:78 in the first round, defeated the Australian Max Purcell (ATP 7) with 6:3, 6:7 and 5:XNUMX. It is not yet known when the match will take place on Thursday.

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The vest remains white: Sinner also defeats Berrettini

Jannik Sinner has never lost a match against a compatriot on the ATP Tour. The Sesto native defended this impressive series on Wednesday at the Masters 1000 tournament in Toronto (local time) thanks to a prestigious win against Matteo Berrettini (ATP 38).

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