Sinner did it again

The man from Sexten did not have any good memories of the Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid. Last year the duel with Rafael Nadal was already set up in the round of 35, but it never took place because Sinner completely unexpectedly lost to Alexei Poypirin in the second round. This year the South Tyrolean wants to do better. The first step has been taken: Sinner defeated the American Tommy Paul (ATP 6) 7:7, 6:6 and 3:22 on Monday. In the second round he will now face the Australian Alex De Minaur (ATP 44), who put the Spaniard Pedro Martinez (ATP 7) in his place with 6:1, 6:6 and 3:XNUMX.

Sinner and Paul opened the program at the Caja Mágica in Madrid on Monday. After a short test, the match seemed to be going as usual when the powerful Sinner pulled away to 5:2. With the break behind him, the 20-year-old let up a bit, which Paul promptly punished. With pinpoint returns and a powerful forehand, he literally chased his younger opponent around the court. And so Sinner was repeatedly pushed onto the defensive even when he served. The result: The break to 4:5. Now the world rankings are 12th. completely the thread. Although he somehow escaped into the tiebreak, he quickly fell behind and gave up the set.

That's not all: Paul also got off to a lightning start in the second round, benefiting from his opponent's error-filled play, who missed a huge number of balls, especially with his backhand, and ran away to 3-0. Sinner braced himself against the impending defeat, pushed himself forward again and again - and was actually rewarded for his effort. As Paul served for the match, Simone Vagnozzi's protégé destroyed two match points. Shortly afterwards he got the break back with three cracking forehands. Sinner got to 5:5 and then had to fend off a match point before it went back into the tiebreak. In this, the tension rose immeasurably. Sinner withstood the pressure and - although he still didn't play his best tennis - forced a deciding set. Sinner is being treated This began with another setback for all Sinner fans. After the 2-1 win, the man from Sexten and his physiotherapist disappeared into the catacombs to have his groin treated. However, the eight-minute break did not break Sinner's rhythm, but rather that of his opponent. Paul threw in a disastrous game, essentially giving Sinner a break. The American was then lucky that the youngster missed two more break chances when the score was 4-1. So things got exciting again, but Sinner didn't let the butter be taken away from the bread. After around three hours he scored his first match point.

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Sinner did it again

New tournament, old picture: For the fourth time in the current season, Jannik Sinner won a match in which he had to fend off at least one match point.

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