The serving giant slows down Sinner in Cincinnati

The 2,08 meter tall serving giant recently won his 16th ATP title in Atlanta and is currently experiencing his second spring. Even Sinner (ATP 15) couldn't stop Isner (ATP 26). The 36-year-old beat the 20-year-old South Tyrolean in three sets 5:7, 7:6(4) and 6:4. The American won 22 of 30 matches this year.

In the first set, both players did well on their own serves. Sinner, who fended off a total of 2 break points, promptly took advantage of his first break opportunity when the score was 5:5 and took the lead 6:5. As a result, Sinner completed his service without any problems and took the first round. Tiebreak brings the turning point for Isner Sinner and Isner also served well in the second set. Both of them showed no weakness when serving, so that in the end a tiebreak had to decide the outcome of the second round. At first it looked like Sinner had everything under control. The man from Sexten got a mini-break and went 4-2 in front. But then Sinner made a somewhat careless mistake from which he was subsequently unable to recover. His opponent, on the other hand, showed a few strong punches and didn't allow Sinner to come back at all. John Isner took full risks and was rewarded. © APA/getty / MATTHEW STOCKMAN

Isner now played with confidence and took a lot of risks on many balls. This paid off: When the score was 3:2 in the third set, the veteran Sinner took the service and let his home crowd celebrate him. Afterwards, the American didn't let himself be taken away from his bread - even if Sinner by no means admitted defeat. The young South Tyrolean was by no means the worse player that day, but was unable to create enough break opportunities against the serve monster Isner (he hit 73% of his first serves). Successful double debut For Sinner, the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati is not over yet. On Thursday night (CEST), the 20-year-old was still in action in doubles - and won the first round duel against Daniel Evans/Neal Skupski with his good friend Hubert Hurkacz 6:3, 3:6 and 10:3 Match tiebreak. In the second round the duel is against the world's best doubles team, consisting of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic from Croatia. The game starts on Thursday at around 21 p.m.

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The serving giant slows down Sinner in Cincinnati

Jannik Sinner missed out on reaching the round of 1000 at the Masters XNUMX tournament in Cincinnati. The Sesto native had to admit defeat to the in-form John Isner on Wednesday evening (CEST).

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