But please with Coke: Sinner is in the round of 16

It was clear before the game even started that the third round match against Benjamin Bonzi (ATP 62) would not be a walk in the park for Jannik Sinner (ATP 10). After all, the Frenchman is in the form of his life. In the end, however, the young star from Sexten defied both his 25-year-old competitor and some physical problems. From the South Tyrolean's point of view, it was 7:6 (5), 3:6, 6:4 after an exhausting 2.37 hours. In the round of 132, Sinner will face tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios (ATP 8), who surprisingly won against Casper Ruud (ATP 6) 4:6, 4:XNUMX.

At the start in the Californian desert, Sinner had an easy game against Laslo Djere and even did a training session after the match. On Tuesday night the picture was completely different. Sinner had to really fight against Benjamin Bonzi to get his ticket to the round of the best 16. The opponent from the south of France had a lot of self-confidence, after all he threw out Lorenzo Sonego (ATP 21) in the second round in Indian Wells and thus prevented the Azzurri from having a derby. First Pepsi-Cola, then set balls fended off It was correspondingly tight in the first set. Jannik Sinner was not only troubled by the strong opponent, but also by physical problems. After a short time he had to take a medical timeout because he apparently had stomach problems - probably also because of the extreme heat that prevailed in Indian Wells in the late afternoon (local time). Sinner pumped himself up with a few sips of Pepsi-Cola and then returned to the pitch, where he put in a lot of effort. With the score at 4:5 from his point of view, the man from Sexten had to fend off two set points, but saved himself into the tie-break and showed his class there.

Sinner takes a few sips of cola.

In the second section, Sinner promptly conceded the break and subsequently made a few mistakes too many, which is why Bonzi was able to win the set 6:3. However, the South Tyrolean was just taking a breather so that he could throw everything into the balance in the decisive third section. Thanks to two breaks and a few long games, Sinner moved ahead to 5:2. And although Bonzi fended off a match point and even took the service away from him, the 20-year-old young star finally secured the victory with a confident score of 6:4.

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But please with Coke: Sinner is in the round of 16

South Tyrol's top talent Jannik Sinner is in the round of 1000 at the Masters XNUMX tournament in Indian Wells (USA). But his victory on Tuesday night was a lot of hard work.

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