Jannik Sinner walks into the final

The 17-year-old from Sexten clearly defeated the American JC Aragone (ATP 268) 6:2, 6:4 in the semifinals and is now, after Bergamo and Ostrau, in the final of a Challenger. Jannik Sinner will meet the number 19 seeded Australian Alex Bolt in the big showdown on Sunday at 2 p.m. (CEST).

Sinner plays extremely strong tennis in the $54.160 Challenger in Kentucky. After the three wins against the Russian Alexey Zakharov, the American Maxime Cressy (ATP 285) and the South Korean Duckhee Lee (ATP 203), the fourth defeat followed in the semifinals against host JC Aragone, number 268 in the world.

Hellish pace at the start of the game Sinner started the match extremely strong, took serve from his opponent twice and after just 27 minutes of play he clearly secured set 1 6:2. The Pusterer, currently ranked 194th in the world rankings, played a great game and didn't have to fend off a single breakball in the entire match.

Sinner again set the pace in the second half of the game. In the fifth game he secured the break to take a 3-2 lead and thus set the stage for winning the match. The South Tyrolean managed the lead cleverly and converted his second match point after 68 minutes of play to make the final score 6:4. Now Sinner wants revenge In the final, Sinner will face Bolt, who was also able to clearly assert himself against Briton Lloyd Glasspool 6:3, 6:2 on Saturday. Sinner and Bolt, number 2 in Lexington and 152 in the world, already faced each other in the first qualifying round at Wimbledon this year. At that time, Bolt was able to prevail in the super tiebreak with 2:6, 7:5, 12:10.

For reaching the final, Sinner will receive $4.240 in prize money and 48 ATP points, with which he will improve several positions in the world rankings and be ranked among the top 170 for the first time. Due to a change in the ATP ranking points system, he could go even further up next Monday.

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Jannik Sinner walks into the final

The Sinner winning streak continues: On Saturday evening in Lexington (USA) he made it into an ATP final for the third time in his career. He only needed around an hour to win.

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