Jannik Sinner against the Swedish running miracle

An impressive 38 winning strokes, only 22 unforced errors: these two numbers make it clear how good Sinner's performance on Thursday was – especially considering the strong performance of his counterpart Gianluca Mager. However, the 19-year-old cannot buy any of that in the next round, also because a completely different type of player is waiting for him in the Swede Mikael Ymer.

The number 105 in the world rankings is one of the fastest players on the tour and is therefore a defensive artist, but anything but a clay court specialist. Before the French Open, where he defeated the Spaniard Roberto Carballés Baena (ATP 95) and a anything but irresistible Gael Monfils (ATP 15), Ymer had only won 31% of his clay matches. It is all the more surprising that he has fought his way to the third round, where he will now face an opponent he has already defeated once: at last year's 250 tournament in Montpellier, the 22-year-old from Stockholm prevailed in a duel with Sinner with 6:3 and 6:4 in the upper hand - and thus took revenge for the defeat that the Sexten native had inflicted on him at the Next Gen ATP Finals a few months earlier.

For this reason alone, the South Tyrolean Ymer will definitely not underestimate Ymer and, as in the first two games (he won the first set 6:1 in each case), he will approach the matter with the necessary concentration. “He is an excellent, very unpleasant player,” describes Sinner: “Ymer has a good serve, is solid and only makes a few mistakes.” You have to “get him into trouble in order to beat him,” emphasizes the Sexten native, who is on Friday at the Stade Roland Garros a training session in order to be prepared for the match against the Swedish running miracle, which starts at around 12.30 p.m.

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Jannik Sinner against the Swedish running miracle

When Jannik Sinner competes in the third round of the French Open in Paris on Saturday at lunchtime, he will face a Swede who is characterized above all by one quality: his incredible speed.

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