Sinner makes short work of the local hero

Sinner presented himself strongly early on Thursday evening in Vienna, where the round of 3 duel against Novak was on the agenda in the Stadthalle. The Lower Austrian, who grew up in Pottendorf just a few kilometers from Vienna, could not stop the Sinner Express. Novak had to admit defeat to the Sexten player with 6:2, 6:XNUMX.

Novak is number 116 in the ATP rankings, but has been in the top 30 in the world in the past. When he was young, Novak was often on the court with Dominic Thiem, whose father, Wolfgang, was his coach until April. But there was no match for Sinner; the 20-year-old was too calm and confident for that. 45 ATP points for the finals in Turin While the first set was fairly even until the Sinner break (with the score at 3:3), the momentum subsequently shifted in favor of the South Tyrolean. Sinner hardly made any mistakes and when it mattered, he scored the important points. One of them was the defended break ball in the second game of the second set, when Novak briefly sniffed the quick rebreak. Shortly afterwards, Sinner fended off three more break points from the Austrian, who then waved them off in resignation. Jannik Sinner has collected important points for the world rankings. © APA / GEORG HOCHMUTH

After an hour and 17 minutes, under the watchful eye of Austria's tennis icon Thomas Muster, Sinner converted his first match point and moved into the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 tournament in the Austrian capital. Along the way, he has also taken a step towards the ATP Finals, which will take place in Turin in December. There are 45 points for defeating Novak. The South Tyrolean is only 30 points behind the Pole Hubert Hurkacz in the world rankings.

On Friday, Sinner will meet Casper Ruud, who beat the young Italian Lorenzo Sonego in three sets (7:5, 4:6, 6:4).

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Sinner makes short work of the local hero

Jannik Sinner is in the quarterfinals of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The South Tyrolean had little problems with local hero Dennis Novak and moved on to the next round with a two-set win.

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