Sinner is Italy's life insurance company

Sinner may not be in the form he was last autumn at the moment, but the Sextner's numbers speak for themselves: he played 13 singles matches in the still young season - and won eleven of them. In Bratislava he kept his team alive with a 7:5, 6:4 win against Filip Horansky (ATP 203) and equalized 2:2 against Slovakia. The game between Lorenzo Musetti and Norbert Gombos, which took place on Saturday evening, decided who would advance to the final round of the Davis Cup. Thanks to an improvement run by the 20-year-old, who won 6:7, 6:2 and 6:4, Italy was able to celebrate. Sinner had to complete a truly mammoth program on Saturday. Before he competed in singles, captain Filippo Volandri also used him in doubles with veteran Simone Bolelli. The duo fought a tough battle with Filip Polasek and Igor Zelenay, which was lost 3:6, 6:1 and 6:7 after more than two hours of play. Because Lorenzo Sonego had also had to admit defeat to Horansky the day before, Sinner was under a lot of pressure. He withstood this. Stumbling start Sinner got off to a terrible start in Bratislava. The 20-year-old lost seven of the first eight points, seemed impressed by his opponent's aggressive play and quickly found himself trailing 0-3. Once the initial nervousness subsided, the class difference became clear. Sinner increased the length and speed of the punches, so that Horansky was repeatedly pushed onto the defensive. Although he somehow cheated his way to 5:5, after that there was no stopping him. With several winning strokes, Sinner took the edge off Horansky, won the set and also moved away to 2-0 in the second round. Even though the South Tyrolean didn't offer a flawless performance afterwards, it was good enough to keep the Slovakian at bay. After 1.32 hours, Sinner used his first match point and won his eighth match in the azure blue dress.

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Sinner is Italy's life insurance company

True to the motto “a good horse doesn’t jump higher than it has to,” Jannik Sinner kept Italy in the race for the Davis Cup finals in Bratislava on Saturday.

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