Nervous crime in Melbourne: Sinner is further

After the first two matches, Sinner faced his first real endurance test on Saturday evening in Melbourne (local time). Although Taro Daniel is only number 120 in the world rankings, the Japanese is in impressive form, as shown by five wins in a row without losing a set (he had to qualify). The 28-year-old also showed all his qualities against Sinner, but in the end there was nothing to gain. The Sesto player, who made it to the round of 6 with 4:1, 6:6, 3:6 and 1:42, should be considered. In this he meets the Australian Alex De Minaur (ATP 83), who gave Pablo Andujar (ATP XNUMX) no chance in three sets.

One thing in advance: The large number of fans who showed up at the KIA Stadium did not experience an ordinary tennis match. The two opponents almost never met at eye level at the same time. The pendulum swung towards either a player or the other professional. This resulted in constant ups and downs, a rollercoaster of emotions. Sinner gets off to a strong start At the beginning it seemed to be clear: Daniel played passively, Sinner played aggressively. The result was many winning strokes from the world number 10. and a quick 3-0 lead. After the initial nervousness, the Japanese stepped up his game and both Sinner breaks were gone in no time. Sinner reacted vehemently and, after another loss of Daniel's serve, closed the first set 6:4, but had to fight hard for it.

Taro Daniel gave a strong performance. © APA/afp / MARTIN KEEP

Right at the beginning of the second set, the youngster had numerous opportunities, but he didn't take advantage of them. Neither a break chance when the score was 0-0, nor a 40-0 lead on your own serve. And so, before you knew it, it was suddenly 3-0 for the Japanese. What's more: Sinner began to despair, gesticulate and complain to his box. As a result, he completely lost focus - and ultimately lost the set with a clear 1:6. Sinner reacts Served, he left the place to regroup. And he did it perfectly. Sinner came back as if the second set had never existed. The player from Sexten served incredibly well, so didn't miss anything on his own serve, made almost no mistakes from the baseline and, above all, hit winners en masse. Daniel played to the best of his abilities and held on bravely until the score was 3:4, but then Sinner pulled away decisively – 6:3. To illustrate how well the 20-year-old played, just look at the statistics: he strung together 14 winning shots and only made six unforced errors.

Daniel not only lost his strength, but also his hopes of winning the game. Sinner, on the other hand, looked fresh, chased Daniel around the pitch and treated the spectators to some incredible magic shots. By the time he took serve from the Japanese for the second time to make it 4-1, the decision had been made. After 2.43 hours he converted his third match point.

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Nervous crime in Melbourne: Sinner is further

What a fight, what a drama: Jannik Sinner had to dig deep into his bag of tricks in the third round of the Australian Open on Saturday to defeat an unleashed qualifier.

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