Sinner meets Humbert at the start

Sinner will be playing at Foro Italico for the third time in his career. In 2019, the then world number 262 lost. the final of the pre-qualification against Andrea Basso, but then received the last wild card from the organizers for the main draw.

On his debut in a Masters tournament, the Puster native eliminated the American Steve Johnson in three sets after even having to fend off a match point in the third period. In this game, Italian tennis fans got to know the South Tyrolean superstar for the first time.

In the second round he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas. Last September, Sinner got revenge against the Greek in round 2 before narrowly losing out in three sets against Grigor Dimitrov in the round of XNUMX. Leave behind in Madrid Sinner is now in 18th place in the world rankings. After his second round exit in Madrid against Alexei Popyrin, Riccardo Piatti's protégé wants to show his best tennis again in Rome. Sinner was extremely unlucky in the draw and will face 22-year-old Frenchman Ugo Humbert, number 32 in the world, right at the start. This hurdle has to be overcome: Ugo Humbert. © APA/afp / CLIVE BRUNSKILL

A very unpleasant opponent, against whom he lost the only match at the Next Gen ATP Finals 2019 in Milan in the Robin Round with 3:4, 4:3, 2:4, 2:4. Sinner then won the title as an outsider. Humbert reached the semi-finals in Marseille this season, but in Madrid he was eliminated in the first round against Aslan Karatsev.

Should Sinner win his opening match, he would celebrate his 50th victory on the ATP tour, in the 79th match. In the second round there would be a showdown against clay court king Rafael Nadal.

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Sinner meets Humbert at the start

The ATP Masters 1000 tournament, which has prize money of 2,5 million euros, begins on Sunday in Rome. The South Tyrolean tennis star Jannik Sinner is also there. The 19-year-old from Sesto will face Frenchman Ugo Humbert (ATP 1) in round 32.

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