Jannik Sinner rushes into the quarterfinals

In front of around 400 spectators in the tennis hall in Runggaditsch, the 18-year-old from Sexten (ATP 96) needed just over an hour to defeat world number 183 Roberto Marcora 6:3, 6:4. Sinner impressively underlined his title ambitions at the home tournament in Val Gardena, where he is seeded number 2.

Jannik Sinner was highly concentrated throughout the entire game.

The first sentence is quickly told: Sinner applied pressure with his serve from the start, while his counterpart was already taking the second service. After just 29 minutes, Sinner's set win was bagged. Marcora cannot withstand pressure Things got more exciting at the beginning of the second section, when the South Tyrolean made one or two unforced errors. However, the youngster from Oberpustertal quickly caught himself and started chasing Marcora from one corner to the other. His powerful game resulted in the second break of the evening when the score was 3:3. After that, he only gave his rival one more game. The local hero finally put the lid on things with an ace.

On Friday (from 16 p.m. at the earliest) Sinner will fight against Federico Gaio (ATP 153) for a place in the semi-finals. The 27-year-old from central Italy held his own against Danilo Petrovic (ATP 172) 6:4, 6:4. 17-year-old Italian following in Sinner's footsteps In the afternoon, number 3, Salvatore Caruso, surprisingly had to give up. The 98th in the world rankings lost to the young Frenchman Elliot Benchetrit, who was completely convincing 6:3, 6:2. The 21-year-old will face his compatriot Antoine Hoang in the quarter-finals on Friday. Lorenzo Musetti caused a surprise. The 17-year-old talent from Carrara, who is only in the main draw thanks to a wild card, won clearly against the Spaniard Bernabè Zapata Miralles 6:4, 6:0. On Friday Musetti will play against the Austrian Sebastian Ofner, who defeated his compatriot Dennis Novak 3:6, 6:3, 7:6 (8:6) after an exciting game.

In the quarterfinals on Friday, the confident Luca Vanni (6:0, 6:2 in just 55 minutes against Andrea Pellegrino) and number 5 seed Peter Gojowczyk will also meet. The 30-year-old from Munich didn't lose a set again in the 7:6 (4), 6:2 against the American Maxime Cressy. Gojowczyk is number 121 in the world, and with a tournament victory in Val Gardena he could still qualify directly for the main draw at the Australian Open in January. ATP Sparkasse Challenger Val Gardena South Tyrol Quarterfinals Luca Vanni (ITA/ATP 371) - Peter Gojowczyk (GER/ATP 122/5) Lorenzo Musetti (ITA/ATP 400/WC) - Sebastian Ofner (AUT/ATP 166/10) Antoine Hoang (FRA/ATP 125/6) - Elliott Benchetrit (FRA/ATP 208/15) Federico Gaio (ITA/ATP 154/8) - Jannik Sinner (ITA/Sexten/ATP 95/2)

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Jannik Sinner rushes into the quarterfinals

At times it looked almost playful as Jannik Sinner took apart his next opponent at the ATP Challenger in Val Gardena (46.600 euros in prize money) on Thursday evening. He is now in the quarterfinals.

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