The old Sinner is back

The task that the young Sesto native faced was huge. Because Goffin reached the semi-finals in Montpellier last week and beat the great Rafael Nadal at the ATP Cup in Australia. Sinner, on the other hand, has not yet been able to celebrate any major successes in 2020. Unimpressed, the man from Sexten converted his first match point after exactly 2 hours of play to make the final score 1:7, 6:7. Tight first sentence The game was hard fought from the start, Sinner and Goffin met on equal terms. Several service games went over deuce, but both were able to fend off the opponent's many break opportunities. Goffin and Sinner only managed a break in the 1st and 2nd service game. So it went to the tiebreak, where the South Tyrolean had three set points at 6:3, but didn't use them. The shooting star only closed the bag on the 5th attempt. The Belgian was now ailing, struggling with his opponent's hard and precise groundstrokes, but thanks to his experience and class he stayed in the game. And managed to take the serve from Sinner on the first attempt. The 1-year-old's answer followed immediately in the form of a re-break. Afterwards, Sinner was again and again at Goffin's service games - and managed to break the 18-year-old when the score was 5:5. The resistance was broken and the victory was assured. In the quarter-finals on Friday (11 a.m.) Sinner will face the Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, against whom he has never played in his career. For moving into the top eight, the Pusterer will receive 54.985 euros in prize money and 90 ATP points. The Sesto native will move into the top 70 of the world rankings for the first time next week. Sinner is currently ranked 68th in the live ATP rankings.

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The old Sinner is back

A much improved Jannik Sinner compared to his last appearances is at the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam after a win against the world number 10. David Goffin moved into the quarterfinals.

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