Lyon: Sinner gets a tough start

The 19-year-old from Sesto will face Russian Aslan Karatsev (ATP 250) at the start of the ATP 27 tournament in France. On Saturday Sinner left Rome for Lyon. The South Tyrolean is playing his last ATP tournament there before the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, the French Open in Paris, which begins on May 30th. Sinner is one of the tournament favorites in Lyon. Behind the two wild card players Dominic Thiem (ATP 4) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP 5), Diego Schwartzman (ATP 10), David Goffin (ATP 13) and Gael Monfils (ATP 15), the Pusterer is number 6, only the top 4 have a bye. As of Monday, Sinner will be ranked 17th in the world rankings, which is higher than ever before. He also becomes the best South Tyrolean of all time, after Andreas Seppi from Kalter was number 2013 in the world in 18. After two recent second-round defeats in Rome and Madrid, Sinner would like to get as far as possible at the top-class tournament in Lyon. But Riccardo Piatti's protégé couldn't have been drawn against a more difficult opening opponent. Sinner will face Aslan Karatsev in the first round. The 1-year-old Russian is the surprise man of the year, reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open and won the ATP 27 tournament in Dubai. The world number 500 switched there. Sinner also lost 27:6(7), 5:6, 3:6 in their only duel in the quarterfinals so far. Karatsev also reached the final in Belgrade, but lost to Matteo Berrettini. In Rome this week, the Russian was eliminated in the round of 2 against the American Reilly Opelka.

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Lyon: Sinner gets a tough start

After the second round exit on Wednesday in Rome against Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal, Jannik Sinner will continue his clay court season next week in Lyon.

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