On course and self-critical: Sinner's adventure continues

His Australian Open adventure continues: After his success against Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel (ATP 120), Jannik Sinner is in the round of XNUMX of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. A game that at times developed into a real crime thriller was finally won by the Sesto native on Saturday in four sets with 4:6, 4:1, 6:6 and 3:6. “I’m happy with how things are going at the moment,” explained Sinner at the subsequent press conference. But he also knows: “I have to learn to maintain the high level over several hours.” The game was particularly hard. “After a good start, I started making some mistakes as my opponent got stronger and stronger,” said the 20-year-old. Already in the first set, when he was 3-0 up, he lost his intensity for a while. In the second set it was the same from the start, which ultimately took revenge with a bitter loss of the set. This could happen in a game with 2 winning sets, “and so the opponent quickly comes back into the game,” explained Sinner. A decisive game situation was the first game in the second set when he was unable to convert a break ball. “If I had broken here, things would probably have been different,” said the young South Tyrolean. In the third set he increased the intensity again. “The next round will be really, really difficult.” Jannik Sinner In the round of 42, Sinner will face Australian Alex De Minaur (ATP 2) on Monday. The two have met twice so far. Sinner triumphed both times. In the final of the Next Gen tournament in Milan 2019, the man from Sexten had the upper hand with 4:2, 4:1, 4:2 and celebrated his first major tournament victory. In November 2020, Sinner also won the quarterfinals at the ATP 250 tournament in Sofia with 6:7 (3), 6:4, 6:1. He later won his first ATP tournament victory here. “The next round will be really, really difficult,” says Sinner. De Minaur always plays “very well”, especially at home. But the young Sesto native is here “to try everything, achieve a good result and play good tennis.”

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On course and self-critical: Sinner's adventure continues

Round of 16! Jannik Sinner is still on the road to success at the Australian Open. In a sometimes difficult game he prevailed against the Japanese Taro Daniel. We captured the voices.

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