Short appearance by Sinner in St. Petersburg

The Pusterer had received a wild card from the organizers for the main draw in St. Petersburg, Russia. Sinner, number 127 in the world rankings, played his 7th tournament on the ATP tour. He last played at the US Open, where after surviving qualification he lost in 1 sets to the Swiss Stan Wawrinka in round 4.

Sinner met Mikhail Kukushkin at the start in St. Petersburg. The 31-year-old Kazakh is ranked 57th in the ATP computer and is seeded number 6. After a strong start to the season, Kukushkin lost a few first-round matches. Since Wimbledon, where he reached the round of 1, he has been back in form. On Monday, Sinner demanded everything from the Kazakh. In the first game, the man from Sexten had 3 break chances, but missed them all. In the 4th game, Kukushkin managed the break to take a 3-1 lead. However, with the score at 4:2, Sinner once again missed 4 chances for a rebreak. Kukushkin, however, converted his first set point to make it 40:1 after 6 minutes.

The second half of the game was very even until the score was 2:6. Both players took the service twice each, Sinner also missed a set point at 6:2. In the tiebreak, Kukushkin showed all his class and closed the bag after 5:4 hours to make the final score 1:39.

Sinner receives wild card for Next Gen ATP Finals But for Jannik Sinner there is still reason to celebrate. The Pusterer received a wild card for the Next Gen ATP Finals, where the 8 best players (seven + 1 wild card) in the world born in 1998 meet each other. The finals will take place in Milan from November 5th to 9th. Sinner should actually have played the qualification at the beginning of November, but is now already firmly in the field of the best 8.

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Short appearance by Sinner in St. Petersburg

Jannik Sinner was eliminated at the start of the ATP 250 hard court tournament in St. Petersburg. The 18-year-old from Sesto was defeated by Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin (ATP 1) 57:3, 6:6(7) in round 4 on Monday evening.

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