Sinner trembles his way to victory

At 19.25:6 p.m. (CET) the South Tyrolean met the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori on Friday. He had previously won 3:6 and 2:11 against Maxime Cressy from the USA. Sinner came onto the court as the favorite because he was number 71 and faced number 2 in the ATP rankings. But Emil Ruusuvuori knew how to sell himself dearly. While the South Tyrolean was clearly superior in the first set, the Finn reared up in the second set and demanded a third set. Things looked good for Ruusuvuori for a long time there, but Sinner didn't give up and stole the victory from under the Finn's nose.

Everything started so well. The Sexten player convinced in the first set with an aggressive and fast game that Ruusuvuori was not up to. When the score was 1:3, Sinner exploited his superiority and got the first break, which he confidently defended to make it 2:4. As a result, Sinner didn't let the Finn get close and took the first set. But the second set showed a different Emil Ruusuvuori. Suddenly the Finn showed a high level of initiative and aggressiveness and Sinner was literally taken by surprise. The Finn then secured his first break with a hammer-hard return that Sinner couldn't get over the net. Ruusuvuori won the 2nd set surprisingly but deservedly 1:2 and demanded a 2rd set.

Emil Ruusuvuori demanded everything from Sinner. © ANSA / ERIK S. LESSER

The Finn's rebellion continued there too. Compared to the first set, it was now he who put the opponent's service games in trouble and had no real problems himself. Sinner seemed tired and slower than Ruusuvuori and made a lot of mistakes. Again, the Finn managed to break early to make it 2-1 through merciless attacking play. Sinner had to let it happen to him. But then Ruusuvuori's nerves failed and he made several mistakes when the score was 5:4, which Sinner took advantage of and was able to equalize. The resurgent Pusterer even had a sniff of winning the decisive point, but it was fended off by the Finn. Sinner wins the tiebreaker The game went into a tiebreak, in which Sinner made some serious mistakes and quickly fell behind. Both players showed their nervousness and gave serve after serve. Sinner managed to get close again and neither of them was able to win the game for a long time. Until the score was 9:8 for Jannik Sinner. Ruusuvuori messed up the first serve and brought a weak second serve, which the South Tyrolean mercilessly sank to victory.

In the 3rd round Pablo Carreno Busta is waiting, who won confidently against David Goffin 6:3 and 6:2. The Spaniard is number 19 in the ATP rankings and will challenge Jannik Sinner just as hard as his Finnish colleague. Especially since Carreno Busta narrowly won the only previous match between the two two years ago in the tie-break of the 2rd set.

The result

Sinner – Ruusuvuori 6:4 3:6 7:6(8)

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Sinner trembles his way to victory

10:8 in the tie-break of the 3rd set, it could hardly have been closer for Jannik Sinner. After a laborious 2.42 hours, the man from Sexten won against Emil Ruusuvuori 6:4, 3:6 and 7:6.

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