Brilliant performance in Rome: Sinner throws Tsitsipas out

After beating David Goffin (in February in Rotterdam), Jannik Sinner, who is ranked 81st in the ATP world rankings, has now achieved his second win against a top 10 professional. The South Tyrolean gave Stefanos Tsitsipas no chance for large parts of the game in the second round of the Masters in Rome and defeated the Greek in three sets 2:6, 1:6 (7:9) and 11:6. The revenge for the second round exit against the same opponent last year was successful. Sinner started furiously. On the “picturesque” Pietrangeli Court lined with marble statues, where the South Tyrolean had already beaten Benoit Paire at the start, Sinner never let the Greek get into the game in the first set. Sinner converted his third breakball to win his first point, and when the score was 3-1 he took the next service from Tsitsipas. The world number 6 seemed nervous and only managed one serve game in the first set (6:1 for Sinner). Short intermediate high from Tsitsipas Tsitsipas didn't catch himself at the start of the second set either. Instead, the 22-year-old received the next break. Sinner, on the other hand, was flawless on his own serve, played with concentration and hardly made any mistakes. Tsitispas, on the other hand, seemed exhausted, and the former Next Gen winner only fought off the threat of another disappointment late on (at the US Open he had to give up against Bora Coric in round 3). He is considered a clay court specialist and even defeated Rafael Nadal in the Madrid final last year. So far this year, the Greek has not played a match on clay, while Sinner has already played on this surface four times. Finally Tsitsipas managed the break to 5:4, then he equalized on his own serve game to 5:5 and broke again. It was the turning point in the game. Sinner struck back, but the Sesto native missed two match points in the tie-break thriller before Tsitsipas used his third set point to equalize 1-1. The third match point is there Tsitsipas' high was short-lived. Sinner pulled himself together again and pulled away to 4-0 with two breaks in the decisive third set. Finally, Sinner converted his third match point in the duel to make it 6:2 and thus secured his place in the third round of the Masters 3 tournament in the Eternal City. There Sinner meets Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria/ATP 1000), who didn't give Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan/ATP 22) the slightest chance in his second round match with a straightforward 50:6, 1:6.

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Brilliant performance in Rome: Sinner throws Tsitsipas out

What a performance by Jannik Sinner at the Foro Italico in Rome! The 19-year-old from Sexten swept the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas off the court in three sets. It was the South Tyrolean's second success against a player from the top 10 in the world.

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