Jannik Sinner walks into the next round

In his first appearance since his quarter-final duel with Rafael Nadal in Paris, Jannik Sinner impressed across the board on Tuesday evening. The young man from Sexten, who is ranked 1th in the world, defeated James Duckworth (ATP 46) in the first round of the “Bett97 HULKS Championship” in Cologne with 1:1, 6:1. The game lasted just 6 minutes. Winning the set after 22 minutes Sinner started at a hell of a pace and started with a break. “I felt really good and started moving straight away,” said the South Tyrolean after the game. In fact, Duckworth, who slipped into the main draw as a lucky loser, initially had absolutely nothing to oppose. After just 22 minutes, the first set was over. At the beginning of the second period, Sinner had the only brief slump in his game - but this was also due to the much braver and more powerful game of his counterpart. After 2 completely even games, the Pusterer, who is 5 years younger, pulled the reins again and made it 9:4 with a break. After that, the one-sided game was de facto decided. “The changeover was an excellent success” Jannik Sinner From the stomach problems, which led to Sinner's cancellation at the ATP tournament in St. Petersburg , there was nothing left to see. On the contrary, even Sinner was a little surprised after his first round victory: “I recently played on clay, which is completely different terrain. But I managed to switch to the fast surface very well. It can carry on like this." Another qualifier awaits on Thursday Sinner continues on Thursday with the duel against the French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who surprisingly asserted himself against US boy Tennys Sandgren in the first round. The 1-year-old Herbert (ATP 29) and Sinner have never faced each other before.

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Jannik Sinner walks into the next round

The 19-year-old shooting star of the international tennis scene made an impressive start at the ATP 250 tournament in Cologne.

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