Challenger in France: Sinner is in the round of 16

The 18-year-old from Sexten defeated local hero Tristan Lamasine (ATP 221) in a confident manner 7:5, 6:1 in the second round. In the round of 127, Sinner, who is ranked 152th in the world, will face Czech Lukas Rosol (ATP 26), who has already reached XNUMXth place in the ATP rankings in his career. The game takes place on Thursday.

Sinner, who is seeded number 92.040 in the tournament worth 14 euros, had a bye at the start. On Tuesday evening, the teenager from Pustertal met Lamasine, who is six years older than him, on the Center Court, against whom he was ahead in the direct duels with 2-1 wins. And Sinner also had the upper hand in the fourth meeting.

Sinner only takes 90 minutes On Tuesday only the first set was even. Lamasine promptly moved ahead to 5:2. Sinner shortened the score to 4:5 with a rebreak and even had to fend off two set points in the tenth game before equalizing to 5:5. On the other side, the 18-year-old did better, got the break to take a 6:5 lead and immediately afterwards, after fending off the break ball, closed the set to 7:5.

Lamasine was unable to recover from this shock. Sinner dominated the second half of the game, immediately made it 4-0 and, after exactly one and a half hours of play, converted his first match point to make the final score 6-1. For the man from Sexten it was already the 21st victory in the 27th Challenger match of the season, which is extremely strong.

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Challenger in France: Sinner is in the round of 16

Jannik Sinner reached the round of 16 of the ATP Challenger tournament at Mouilleron le Captif in France late on Tuesday evening.

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