Sinner's special Miami opponent

It was April 25, 2019, when a slight South Tyrolean, then number 314 in the world, met a certain Laslo Djere in the round of 33 at his first ATP tournament in Budapest. The then world number 6. gave the young man from Sexten no chance and won 3:6, 1:81. Around a year and a half later, when the coronavirus had the world in a stranglehold, Sinner and Djere met again in Kitzbühel. The result remained the same, although the two players were only separated by seven positions in the world rankings (74 and XNUMX). However, a lot has happened since these encounters, which were each played on clay - especially from Sinner's point of view.

The South Tyrolean has matured into one of the best players in the tennis scene, while Djere has never gotten higher than 27th place. The 27-year-old is currently number 58 in the world. The Serb has always collected the majority of his points on clay: there he has a good win rate of 60 percent. His numbers are significantly worse on hard courts, as he was only able to win 27 of 82 matches in his career. The defeats also include a game against Sinner, who won 6:3 and 6:3 in Indian Wells last year. There is much to suggest that the Sesto native will also have the upper hand in Miami. Sinner won't underestimate Djere, especially since Djere is an extremely solid player who doesn't have a real weapon.

While the youngster is in round 2 thanks to a bye, Djere won at the start with 6:2, 7:6 against Aleksandar Vukic (ATP 168). Should the Sesto native achieve the expected victory, either Grigor Dimitrov (ATP 27) or Jan-Lennard Struff (ATP 103) would wait. The match will take place on Friday, although the time has not yet been set.

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Sinner's special Miami opponent

Jannik Sinner also wants to prove his strong form at the Masters 1000 tournament in Miami. At the start he will face an opponent who has already defeated him twice.

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