Run stopped: Sinner succumbs to Dimitrov

What Jannik Sinner showed against Grigor Dimitrov on Friday morning was extremely good. However, it wasn't enough to win against the strong Bulgarians. After a weak start, the former number 3 in the world found her rhythm better and better and defeated Sinner in three sets - the final score was 4:6, 6:4, 6:4. Sinner with rocket launch The match against the 2017 ATP Finals winner had a similar character to that against Stefanos Tsitsipas. Both players have a one-handed backhand, both have their strength on the forehand - and both are extremely good net players. The fact that Sinner and his coach Riccardo Piatti have found the recipe for success against this type of player became apparent in the game against the Greek. And this plan seemed to work on Friday too, before Dimitrov shifted gears and defeated Sinner.

In the first game of the game, the South Tyrolean took the serve from his opponent without losing a point. Dimitrov subsequently had the opportunity to get the break back, but Sinner remained ice-cold as usual in the crucial moments. He kept his lead thanks to a good serve rate and his usual powerful groundstrokes and deservedly won the first set 46:6 after 4 minutes. Same picture in round 2 The second half of the game began like the first, with a break to zero in favor of the shooting star. However, Sinner immediately gave up his serve and a balanced game developed with chances on both sides. Ultimately, Dimitrov managed the decisive break when Sinner served at 4:5. It went into the all-important third set.

Grigor Dimitrov won with great difficulty. © APA/afp / ANGELO CARCONI

In this, the balance of power was initially clearly distributed: While Sinner had increasing problems holding his serve, the world number 22 played. his boot down. Dimitrov pulled away unassailable to 5:2, but the man from Sexten showed his fighting spirit and came back to 4:5. In vain, because in the following service game the favorite used his fifth match point after almost two and a half hours of play after Sinner hit a simple smash into the net.

Despite the defeat, the South Tyrolean can look back on an extremely successful week. He is expected to climb to 73rd place in the world rankings, and he can also console himself with €61.000. But the most important thing is that he has a good feeling for the French Open, which begins on September 27th in Paris.

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Run stopped: Sinner succumbs to Dimitrov

Jannik Sinner was eliminated from the ATP 1000 tournament in Rome. The man from Sexten failed in the round of 22 to the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (ATP XNUMX).

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