Showdown in Melbourne: Sinner vs. Tsitsipas

His opponent is none other than Stefanos Tsitsipas. The number 4 in the world rankings certainly had its problems at this tournament. So far, Tsitsipas has only won his first round match at the Australian Open in three sets. In the round of 20 against the strong American Taylor Fritz (ATP 5) he even had to go over XNUMX sets.

An advantage for Sinner? After all, the 20-year-old clearly won his round of 42 game on Monday against Australian Alex De Minaur (ATP 23) in three rounds and could therefore be more rested. Whatever the case: 6-year-old Tsitsipas still goes into the match as a slight favorite - also because he is XNUMX positions above Sinner in the world rankings.

The hot-blooded Tsitsipas has often not had his emotions under control in the past. © ANSA / JAMES ROSS

The winner of the 2019 ATP Finals (the unofficial Tennis World Cup) has won 3 of the previous 2 encounters against Sinner. However, all games took place on clay. In any case, Sinner has once again shown what he is capable of at this tournament. The 20-year-old South Tyrolean can certainly be expected to advance in his second Grand Slam quarter-final since the French Open in October 2020 (at that time he failed against Rafael Nadal).

Sinner could be the second Azzurro according to Matteo Berrettini make it to the last 4. Daniil Medvedev (ATP 2) or Felix Auger-Aliassime (ATP 9) would then wait in a possible semi-final. But that is still a thing of the future. To do this, the emotionally charged Tsitsipas would first have to be gotten out of the way. The match Down Under doesn't start until 5 a.m. on Wednesday morning.

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Showdown in Melbourne: Sinner vs. Tsitsipas

Early on Wednesday morning (CET) the time has come: Jannik Sinner will play his second quarter-final at a Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne.

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