Sinner fights his way into the French Open round of 16

After around 2.50 hours of play, Sinner (ATP 12) defeated McDonald (ATP 60) in three sets with 3:6, 3:7 (6:8) and 6:6. Especially in the second set, the young man from Sexten was extremely challenged, once again presented himself as mentally strong and fended off 3 set points.

First things first: In the first set, Sinner, who started with a bandaged leg, showed a solid performance and retained the upper hand 6:3. The key moments here were the break to make it 4:2 in the 6th game and a fended off break ball in the 7th game, which allowed the Sexten player to pull away to 5:2. In the 9th game he used the first set ball on his own serve.

Jannik Sinner played with a bandage below his knee. © APA/afp / CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT

In the second set, both served relatively confidently until the hard-fought fifth game. When McDonald served, Sinner fought for a break point but missed. A seemingly never-ending game that went back and forth gave Sinner two more break chances, which he was unable to capitalize on either. The American finally held his serve and took the lead 2-5. A turning point in the game, the momentum now lay with the 2-year-old, who then took the lead 3:2 and was able to convert the break point to make it 27:40. With McDonald leading 15-4, Sinner had the physiotherapist come onto the pitch. Sinner strikes back Once again Sinner proved his strengths in the mental area. First he was able to fend off five break and set points when the score was 2:5, then there was a spectacular 9th game. Again it went back and forth, Sinner missed 5 break points, fended off just as many set points and finally got the break to make it 4:5. The physiotherapist had to go to the field again.

After both served their serves, McDonald fought for a break and set point while Sinner was serving, but was unable to convert it. Sinner equalized and the tiebreak had to be the deciding factor in the second set. Here South Tyrol's tennis ace had the upper hand with 2:8. The 6-year-old was relieved. After the second set, Sinner had to be treated again by the physiotherapist. Now Rublev is waiting In the 3rd set Sinner presented himself more confidently again and managed the break in the 2nd game. Both then served their serves without having to accept a break point. Sinner finally converted his first match point confidently on his own serve.

Andrey Rublev, number 7 in the world, is now waiting in the round of 37 on Monday. The Russian defeated the Chilean Cristian Garìn (ATP 3) after 11:4 hours of play in 6 sets 4:3, 6:6, 2:7, 6:13 (11:XNUMX).

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Sinner fights his way into the French Open round of 16

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