Rare victory: Sinner celebrates at the Break Festival

Needed Sinner at the start against James Duckworth 61 minutes to bag his victory, it took 75 minutes in the round of 6 against Pierre-Hugues Herbert before the 3:6-1:82 victory was dry. However, the French qualifier and doubles specialist (ATP 46) demanded the world number XNUMX. from South Tyrol received more than he could have expected. This was primarily due to the fact that Sinner initially did not find the necessary consistency in the first set and had difficulty dealing with his opponent's strong returns. So it happened that the favorite missed 1 of his 2 first serves. However, Herbert's service weakness was even more blatant: he only managed two service games in the entire match. In total, Sinner landed no less than 3 breaks in 2 opposing services. This meant that he ultimately won the first round comfortably and didn't give Herbert the slightest chance in the second. “I knew him from the Challenger in Val Gardena” Jannik Sinner about Pierre-Hugues Herbert Before going into the dressing room, Sinner was relieved to have managed to turn things around after a difficult start. “I never fell behind, that was very important,” said the 19-year-old from Sesto. “I knew him from the Challenger in Val Gardena, where I saw him play live. Otherwise I only watched Herbert on TV in doubles. But I knew that his appearance was very varied. That wasn’t easy, so I’m very happy with my performance.” Sinner climbs up the world rankings Sinner can definitely be satisfied with how the tournament went in Cologne - also because he has the best placement of his career in the virtual ranking after reaching the quarter-finals. He now occupies the 44th position. Sinner can work his way up further on Friday when he meets Gilles Simon (ATP 58) in the next round. The French veteran brought down the exceptional Canadian talent Denis Shapovalov (ATP 12) 6:1, 4:6, 6:2 on Thursday.

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Rare victory: Sinner celebrates at the Break Festival

Jannik Sinner is in the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 tournament in Cologne. The youngster offered his next convincing, albeit bizarre, performance on Thursday.

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