Sinner wins opening match

At the Next Gen Finals, worth 1,25 million euros, the eight best U21 players of the season will determine the champion. All matches are played on three winning sets. However, a set only goes up to 4, and if the score is 3:3 there is a tiebreak. In addition, at 40:40 only one point (killer point) is played.

On Tuesday evening in the “Allianz Cloud Arena” in Milan all eyes were on host Jannik Sinner. The Sesto native, who received a wild card from the Italian association, met Frances Tiafoe in the opening match.

The first set was an open exchange of blows right from the start. The match between the 18-year-old from Sesto, currently 95th in the world rankings, and Tiafoe was very even. Both players served their serves until it was 3:3, and in the tiebreak the American had the better end with 7:4.

Strong tennis from Sinner In the second half of the game, Sinner missed two break chances in the third game, but then shortly afterwards he got the break to take the lead 3-2. On his own service, the Puster player converted his first set point to make it 4-2.

Sinner also took an early 2-1 lead in the third set. The “Azzurro” cleverly controlled the lead and won again 4-2. Sinner, cheered on by numerous fans in the “Allianz Cloud Arena”, also played strong tennis in the fourth set and converted his third match point after 1:26 hours of play to make the final score 4-2. “I served very well” With this victory, the South Tyrolean tennis star has already secured $33.000 in prize money. Sinner is also the first “Azzurro” to win a match at the Next Gen ATP Finals.

“I played my game and served very well (14 aces, editor's note). My performance was very good, so it can continue,” says the redhead from Sexten happily.

On Wednesday, in the second match after 19.30 p.m., Sinner will face the Swede Mikael Ymer (ATP 74), who won against the Frenchman Ugo Humbert in four sets.

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Sinner wins opening match

At the start of the Next Gen Finals in Milan, Jannik Sinner beat the American Frances Tiafoe (ATP 46) 3:4, 4:2, 4:2, 4:2 on Tuesday evening.

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