Round of 16! Sinner sweeps Isner off the pitch

Jannik Sinner has finally arrived on the pitch. The South Tyrolean proved this, not least against Stan Wawrinka. But now he defeated an absolute beast in John Isner. The 20-year-old was the better and more complete player throughout the entire game. Isner put everything on his serve, but it wasn't nearly enough against this opponent and Sinner moved into the round of 6 at Wimbledon with 4:7, 6:6 and 3:13.729. Meanwhile, Isner overtook Ivo Karlovich as the tour's record holder with his ace number XNUMX in the first set.

It was the expected game. The playing styles of the two opponents allowed few break opportunities - neither on one side nor on the other. John Isner is known as the service king of the tour, and if Jannik Sinner ever smells a break, the American often slams the ball mercilessly around the South Tyrolean's ears. On the other hand, Sinner's playful superiority ensured that Isner had absolutely no sting on the 20-year-old's serve.

John Isner was no match for the South Tyrolean. © ANSA / ANDY RAIN

So Sinner had to take advantage of the opportunities he was given. The South Tyrolean's first break was emblematic of this. Isner's otherwise strong serve-and-volley game collapsed when the score was 3:3 and 40:30 in the first set, and Sinner took advantage of this rare chance. After a hard-hitting second serve, the American immediately went forward, as he so often does, but miserably misplaced the South Tyrolean's return into the net. Sinner didn't need anything more, because the 2-year-old was clearly superior to Isner in terms of play and was rarely embarrassed when serving on his own serve. Isner tried the tiebreaker Isner's only chance to win a set was a tie-break. Sinner found himself there again in the second set. But in keeping with the previous games, the 2-year-old was more successful on the American's serve and the South Tyrolean also secured this set. In the third set, Sinner didn't let it get that far and took the serve from the American when the score was 20:3. As a result, Sinner secured victory and advanced to the round of 4.

There is a duel between the rising stars. Carlos Alcaraz defeated the German Oscar Otte in the parallel game with 6:3, 6:1 and 6:2. The two meet on Sunday.

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Round of 16! Sinner sweeps Isner off the pitch

2 breaks were enough for Jannik Sinner to reach the round of XNUMX at Wimbledon. John Isner found no remedy against the young South Tyrolean, but was happy about a new record.

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