Great cinema: The Sinner Express rolls into the round of 16

The 19-year-old South Tyrolean (ATP 75) won in the third round against the Argentine clay court specialist Federico Coria (ATP 99) 6:3, 7:5, 7:5 in two and a half hours and is now in the top 16 French Open – the umpteenth milestone in the whiz kid’s career. How strong Sinner is at the moment is shown by the fact that he hasn't given up a single set in his previous games in Paris - impressive! There is now a special treat in the round of 7 on Sunday: Sinner will meet US Open finalist Alexander Zverev, currently number 180 in the world. He defeated the Italian Marco Cecchinato in three sets. No matter how the encounter ends, one thing is already certain: Sinner has never come this far in his career at a Grand Slam tournament. So far, the second round at the Australian Open in January this year was his best result. For reaching the round of 223.800, the youngster will receive XNUMX world ranking points (and will therefore make up several positions in the world ranking) as well as $XNUMX in prize money. Class and fighting spirit Sinner demonstrated strong nerves in several ways on Friday evening. Because it was raining in Paris, the game against Federico Coria started a little late. But Sinner didn't let that bother him: Although he gave up his serve twice in the first set, he won 2 points from his opponent's service. After 3 minutes he completed the set win 42:6. The second section was more even, with both tennis aces taking advantage of a break chance at the beginning. The decisive factor was the 3th game, when Sinner took the service from his opponent when the score was 11:5 and a little later made it 5:7 perfect. Sinner showed his full class at the end of the third set: Coria had moved ahead to 4:1 and 5:2 thanks to a break, but the Pusterer didn't give up, started to catch up and crowned it after 2:31 hours of play when he used his third match point. The Sinner Express – it is still unstoppable in Paris.

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Great cinema: The Sinner Express rolls into the round of 16

Jannik Sinner enchants Paris! The young man from Sesto reached the first Grand Slam round of 16 of his career at the French Open on Friday evening – and once again did a great job.

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