Sinner wants to break a strange taboo

World rankings.11, five titles – and all at the age of just 20: very few professionals can claim this. Sinner can do that. His career has only just begun. Because the tennis business is extremely fast-moving, successes can only be enjoyed for a short time. And so the 20-year-old steps down a few days later his success in Antwerp at the next tournament. This takes place in Vienna and the winner gets 500 points.

Sinner will take part in the tournament on Wednesday when he faces Reilly Opelka (ATP 25) at the start. The 2.11 meter tall American provides a stark counter-example to the 1.70 meter short Diego Schwartzman, who faced Sinner in the Antwerp final. In order to keep his hopes of taking part in the ATP finals alive, he has to get as far as possible in Vienna - and at the same time break a curse. Curious statistics Sinner played another tournament three times straight after winning a title - but he was never able to win more than one match. After triumphing at the Great Ocean Road Open, he lost in the first round of the Australian Open, with fatigue playing a major role at the time due to numerous marathon matches. He also lost at the start of the Masters in Toronto after lifting the trophy in Washington. Most recently in Indian Wells, a few days after successfully defending his title in Sofia, he at least survived one round before it was over in the round of 2020. There is no reference value for the week after his first title in Bulgaria, as this was the last tournament of XNUMX.

Sinner is competing in Vienna for the third time and the record is balanced with two wins and two defeats. Last year he defeated Casper Ruud, his competitor for a starting place at the ATP Finals, before he had to give up against Andrey Rubley.

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Sinner wants to break a strange taboo

Jannik Sinner needed just 76 minutes on Sunday to win the fifth title of his career. 48 hours later he is already in action at the next tournament - and wants to break a special curse at this one.

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