Great Sinner performance abruptly stopped by injury

Because of the rain, the exceptional South Tyrolean talent had to wait for his first appearance at this year's US Open. After a delay of around an hour, Sinner and his five-year-old opponent from Russia entered Court 8 at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in New York. And Sinner showed that from the start the problems that he revealed at the same place at the preparatory tournament, how gone. With his usual fast-paced game on both sides of the bat, he posed big problems for Khachanov. He had little to oppose the South Tyrolean. It was only when an injury severely hampered the 19-year-old that the Russian came back stronger and converted a 0-2 set deficit into a win – that was 6:3, 7:6, 2:6, 0:6, 6:7 From a South Tyrolean perspective, the end result is bitter. Sinner with a strong start Sinner was confronted with two break points in the first service game, but skillfully fended them off - as well as two opportunities in the fifth game. Khachanov, on the other hand, gave up his service game once, which meant that the South Tyrolean earned the first round thanks to some spectacular points and won 6:3. The youngster also had control of the action in the second half of the game, but in contrast to the first half, he did not take advantage of his chance. This was almost obvious because when the score was 5:6 he had to fend off a set point from his opponent. It went to the tiebreak, where both players met on equal terms. After another set point in favor of Khachanov, Sinner converted his second opportunity to win the set 7:6. Pain prevents victory Now it was 2-0 in the sets and nothing, absolutely nothing, pointed to a defeat for the world number 74. there. But suddenly Sinner grabbed his back and then stretched his leg. He continued to play with his face contorted in pain, but it was clear that last year's Next Gen ATP Finals winner was severely restricted in his movements. The physiotherapist entered the court when the score was 1:2 in the third set and treated Sinner, but it didn't help. Although the man from Sexten continued to play from a standing start and provided highlights with one or two magic strokes, he was unable to prevent defeat - even if he fought against it until the last point and, limping, demanded everything from Khachanov again in the last set. What remains is the realization that Sinner, who had disappointment written all over his face, can compete with the greats of this sport. And that the South Tyrolean tennis future is secured. But that hasn't just been clear since that bitter day.

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Great Sinner performance abruptly stopped by injury

On Tuesday, Jannik Sinner (ATP 74) was well on his way to sweeping the much more experienced and higher ranked Karen Khachanov (ATP 16) off the field with a masterful performance. But then an injury brought his journey to the US Open to an end.

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