Jannik Sinner shows the limits of this super talent

Ben Shelton just turned 21 and rose to 14th place in the world rankings at the weekend with his first ATP title. Now it’s the end of the road for the super talent from the USA. Jannik Sinner put Shelton in his place in the second round of the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna 7:6, 7:5.

The game on the hard court in the Vienna Stadthalle initially offered the spectators little emotion, but then rapidly increased in quality and finally turned into an incredibly high-class showdown between two exceptional phenomena in world tennis. The game got really good from the middle of the first set, when Shelton's serve became more and more powerful and put Sinner in a lot of trouble at times. But he saved himself into the tiebreak and finally secured it with the finest moves with a crystal clear score of 7:2.

The US boy was now challenged and increased the risk again with his incredibly powerful and surprising baseline shots. The result? The unforced errors totaled 24 in the entire match. For comparison: Sinner made twelve “unforced errors”. He stayed very cool, even ice cold. The world number four defended well and made targeted pinpricks at the right moment. Like in Shelton's last service game, when he stormed forward and hit an incredible angle over the net with his backhand - it was 6-5 and the de facto decider. After an hour and 43 minutes he closed the bag on his own service.

Sinner took revenge for the defeat in the first meeting between the two exceptional talents. Just 15 days ago, Shelton brought the 22-year-old from Sexten to his knees in the Shanghai quarterfinals. He clearly learned his lessons from this.

Sonego again Sinner, who is in second place behind Daniil Medvedev in Vienna, doesn't have 2 hours left to charge his batteries before his opponent in the round of 24, Lorenzo Sonego, is already waiting. Halle, Montpellier, New York – and now Vienna too, the two Azzurri are facing each other for the fourth time this season. The South Tyrolean has all encounters with the world number 52. from Turin won and only gave up one set. The duel between the two takes place on Thursday at around 17.45:XNUMX p.m. The winner will face either Frances Tiafoe or Gael Monfils on Friday.

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Jannik Sinner shows the limits of this super talent

Wow, Jannik Sinner! Not only with strength, technique and endurance, but above all with a lot of brains, Jannik Sinner made the rising star in the international tennis sky go out on Wednesday. Now a special task awaits in Vienna.

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