Old master Wawrinka cannot endanger Sinner

First Richard Gasquet, then Adrian Mannarino, now Stan Wawrinka: three old masters wanted to prove in Indian Wells that they can beat the young Sesto native even in the autumn of their careers. They didn't succeed, even though they excelled in their class. The three-time Grand Slam winner Wawrinka also had his shining moments, but had to admit defeat 1.38:1, 6:4 after 6 hours. In the quarterfinals there will be a duel with the world number 5 on Thursday. Taylor Fritz. The American leads 1-0 in the direct comparison. His only victory was two years ago in Indian Wells, of all places.

Sinner met Wawrinka for the fifth time. That's not the only reason why he knew the Swiss player's game inside out. The two “hard hitters” often train together in Monte Carlo and have also shared the field in Indian Wells. So there were no secrets, and the usual pat-down was also omitted.

Brilliant start Sinner and Wawrinka showed a horrendous pace in the first three games. The 37-year-old seemed to be able to follow this without any problems and earned three break points. After Darren Cahill's protégé fended this off, Wawrinka had already used up his powder. Sinner, on the other hand, showed off his power tennis in an inimitable manner and broke the Swiss's resistance. Two breaks meant a 6-1 set win.

Sinner served significantly worse that evening than in the previous games and was therefore faced with many break points. Wawrinka took advantage of the sixth chance to start the second set and made it 2-0. Visibly unimpressed, Sinner promptly regained the lost service game because he was the much better, more solid player in the rallies.

Wawrinka could also see that he had spent almost three hours on the pitch against Holger Rune the day before. The last step was missing, and the number of errors increased accordingly. Sinner took advantage of this to break again after a game that lasted almost ten minutes. He then put a lot of effort into defending his lead at the finish.

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Old master Wawrinka cannot endanger Sinner

Three over-30 players, three wins: Jannik Sinner also defeated Stan Wawrinka on Tuesday evening in Indian Wells (local time) and secured his quarter-final ticket to the Masters 1000 tournament in California for the first time.

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