Sinner are 208 centimeters apart from the dream duel

Actually, they should have competed together in doubles, but then withdrew their participation at short notice . Now there could be a reunion at the net for Matteo Berrettini (ATP 7) and Jannik Sinner (ATP 14). If the two opponents win their third round games on Tuesday, they will face each other in a duel for a quarter-final ticket. While Italy's current number 1 goes into the game against Taylor Fritz as the heavy favorite, the South Tyrolean has a task that could hardly be more unpleasant.

Sinner scores, two days later his gala performance against John Millman , on US local hero John Isner. He is ranked 24th in the world rankings, exactly 10 places behind Sinner, and has already won 16 ATP tournaments in his career - 14 of them, ironically, in the USA. His best world ranking position is 8th in the summer of 2018. Isner became famous for the longest tennis match in the world when he played 2010:11 hours over three days against Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 05. Final result: 70:68 in the fifth set for Isner.

Sinner doesn't have to fear the 36-year-old veteran primarily because of his past successes, but rather because of his incredibly strong service, which makes him feared on the entire ATP tour, especially on fast surfaces like the one in Indian Wells .

Sinner only recently experienced this the hard way: in the only meeting between the two so far last August at the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, he was unable to do much harm against the serving monster and lost in 3 sets. At that time, Isner brought 73% of his first serves into the field. And back then too, the two played for a ticket to the round of XNUMX.

However, one thing remains to be noted: If Sinner plays as confidently as he did on Sunday against Millman, when he hit 26 winners alone, the chances of a debut win against Isner on Tuesday evening (CET) are very good. Then he should also be prepared for a possible dream duel with Berrettini.

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Sinner are 208 centimeters apart from the dream duel

There could be a big showdown between Italy's two best tennis players in the round of 1000 of the Masters 2 tournament in Indian Wells (USA). But first Jannik Sinner has to overcome a hurdle that is more than XNUMX meters high.

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