Sinner wants to break mysterious curse

The numbers for Jannik Sinner's season are paradoxical. Although he didn't reach a single semi-final in the first half of the tennis year and is only in 15th place in the ATP race to Turin, he has a sensational record with a win rate of 78 percent (32 wins, 9 defeats). Only those of Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are even better. There are reasons why he has never advanced to a semi-final this season. On the one hand, Sinner had not played an ATP 250 tournament until this week, and on the other hand, he always met top opponents such as Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. Injuries like those at the Miami Open or the French Open also played a big role.

The spell should finally break against Roberto Carballes Baena (ATP 86). Sinner still remembers the 29-year-old very well, as he scored about two months ago at the French Open on him. The man from Sexten had to work for almost four hours for his four-set victory. Long rallies and a lot of running determined the events of this match, which resulted in Sinner's knee problems, which finally forced him to withdraw two rounds later.

The clay court specialist Carballes Baena, who only won seven of 21 matches this season but eliminated the favorite Alex Molcan (ATP 38) in the round of XNUMX, will try to use this strategy in Umag too - in the hope that Sinner doesn't have a good one Caught on the day and was the first to make the mistake in the long rallies. Duel with Musetti? It remains to be seen whether the favorite will do him this favor. What is certain, however, is that Sinner will throw everything into the Goran Ivanisevic Stadium to advance to their first semi-final of the season. Not least because the dream duel with his good friend Lorenzo Musetti (ATP 31) could be waiting there. It is still unknown when the match against Carballes Baena will take place on Friday.

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Sinner wants to break mysterious curse

After his round of 250 victory over Jaume Munar, Jannik Sinner will meet the next Spaniard, Roberto Carballes Baena, on Friday at the ATP XNUMX tournament in Umag (Croatia). His goal is to end a strange lull and move into the semi-finals.

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