Youngster against legend: Sinner-Nadal in second place

Apart from a small dip at the beginning of the second set, Jannik Sinner offered on Monday against Frenchman Ugo Humbert a perfect performance. The youngster never allowed his opponent, who won the Challenger tournament in Val Gardena in 2018, to develop his own serve and at the same time prevented his opponent from being able to use his strong forehand to develop his otherwise powerful game in his service games. The logical consequence was the crystal clear 6:2, 6:4 final result, thanks to which Sinner moved into the second round.

That's where it comes now for the new edition of last year's French Open quarter-finals, when Sinner caused the great Rafael Nadal to falter but not fall. Will the South Tyrolean succeed this time? “It's about having the right mentality,” Sinner said on Monday: “I know that I have more weapons than at the French Open, but at the same time Rafa is a big champion and he will try to get me into trouble .” Actually, the revenge should have happened last week in Madrid, but Sinner surprisingly lost to Alexei Poyprin. Joint training camp The 19-year-old from Sexten and the Spaniard have known each other since then two-week “training camp” before the Australian Open fine. “I know him well, but he also knows more things about me now,” explains Sinner: “It will be an important moment for me. Let's see how it goes. Anyway, I'll go into the match with the right mentality and try to hurt him with my game. With my team I want to understand what I can do better than last time.” Tennis is a sport of situations and you have to find the right solution for each one, says Sinner.

The clay court king: Rafael Nadal © APA/afp / GABRIEL BOUYS

It is unclear what physical condition the world number 18 is in. located. The South Tyrolean grabbed Humbert's groin several times and made a face. However, the 19-year-old did not comment on this in the press conference after the match. For his part, Nadal is still looking for top form. At the clay court tournament in Madrid last week he was defeated by Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals.

Note: SportNews will keep its readers up to date with a live ticker on the Sinner-Nadal match on Wednesday.

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Youngster against legend: Sinner-Nadal in second place

A week late, Jannik Sinner will meet tennis legend Rafael Nadal for the second time in his career on Wednesday at the Masters 1000 tournament in Rome. A duel that Sinner looks forward to with great joy.

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