Sinner's next prank: Now a superstar is waiting

Jannik Sinner inspires Rome! In the clay court tournament with Grand Slam charm, the 20-year-old from Pusteria (ATP 13) won the round of 54 against Filip Krajinovic (ATP 6) 2:7, 6:6 (1.41) on Thursday afternoon. But the victory against the Serbs was a tough piece of work. Not just because it was summery temperatures in the Foro Italico under the blazing afternoon sun. But also because his opponent from the Balkans proved to be extremely unpleasant, especially in the second set. In the end, Sinner prevailed after XNUMX hours.

“Jan” moves into the quarter-finals, where there will be an absolute hit on Friday: none other than Stefanos Tsitsipas is waiting in the round of the best eight. The Greek is currently in position 5 in the ATP rankings and has been a world-class tennis player for years. In a direct comparison with Sinner, the 23-year-old is 3-1 ahead - with one big “but”. Because the Pusterer achieved his only victory in 2020 in Rome of all places. So the omens are not bad, also because Sinner will have the thousands of fans in the Foro Italico behind him. Great first sentence Just 18 hours after his victory in “Derby” against Fabio Fognini Sinner was ordered back to the center court of the Roman tennis complex on Thursday. The opponent was not Andrey Rublev (ATP 7), as expected, but Filip Krajinovic, who had surprisingly thrown the Russian out of the tournament in the previous round. So Sinner was warned and started with appropriate concentration.

With varied tennis, strong baseline strokes and an overall dominant game, he gave his 30-year-old counterpart a run for his money. Six aces and a total of 16 winning strokes show that both the serve and the forehand worked smoothly. The result: A 6:2 set win. The engine sputters but doesn't fail In the second round, however, some sand got into Sinner's gear. Although he promptly grabbed a break, Krajinovic got better and better. In the meantime, the Serb scored 14 of 17 possible points and went from 1:2 to 3:2. Although the youngster from Pustertal now made significantly more mistakes, he kept up with his competitors. Also thanks to the many fans who whipped their favorite forward. The set went into a tie break, where Sinner lost a 4:1 lead, but in the end showed all his fighting spirit and skills and used the second match point to make it 8:6.

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Sinner's next prank: Now a superstar is waiting

Jannik Sinner continues to cause a sensation at the Masters 1000 tournament in Rome. On Thursday, the young man from Sesto made it into the quarter-finals perfectly. A real tennis hit happens there!

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