Strong start: Sinner also shows his class on sand

At the start of the Masters 1000 tournament in Monte-Carlo, the Pusterer beat the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ATP 46) in two sets 6:3 and 6:4. This relatively clear result was actually not expected in advance because Sinner celebrated its season premiere on clay. His opponent from Barcelona, on the other hand, has already played his 13th match in 2021 on this surface and is considered a real clay court specialist. But Sinner demonstrated on Tuesday how quickly he recovered from his final defeat in Miami and can adapt to new circumstances. Sinner didn't start the game well in his adopted hometown and had to give up his first service game. By the way, this was the 6th match in a row in which Sinner received a break in the first or second game. But the 19-year-old – as usual – didn’t let that bother him. Sinner took the service from his opponent from Spain twice after a 1:2 deficit and ultimately won the first set 6:3. The Sexten player carried this momentum into the second round and took the first serve game from Ramos-Vinolas. As a result, the 2-year-old tried everything to get back into the match. But Sinner fended off two breakballs when the score was 33:2 and didn't let the butter get away from him. In the end, he used his second match point on his own serve after 1:1 hours of play and closed the bag. Now Djokovic is waiting In the second round on Wednesday, Sinner will face none other than Novak Djokovic. The world number 2. had received a bye at the start. Sinner and the 1-year-old Serb have never faced each other in an official match; for the man from Sexten, it is the 33th duel against a top 10 player. Sinner has a record of 10:3 wins. Out in doubles Sinner, who is currently ranked 22nd in the ATP computer, was also challenged in doubles in the Principality on Tuesday. There he lost with Simone Bolelli against Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who together won each of the four Grand Slam tournaments, after 1:16 hours of play in two sets 4:6 and 4:6. Sinner/Bolelli made life difficult for the French and kept up well until the end. The doubles team from Italy had to give up serve for the first time in the fifth game to make it 2:3. This break was enough for Mahut/Herbert to win the first period 37-6 after 4 minutes of play. The second set was also very even. Mahut/Herbert secured the break to take a 1-0 lead in the opening game. Sinner/Bolelli didn't give up yet and even had the chance for a rebreak in the eighth game, but couldn't take advantage of the break to make it 4:4. Shortly afterwards, the double superstars closed the bag with a final score of 6:4.

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Strong start: Sinner also shows his class on sand

Jannik Sinner got off to an optimal start to his clay court season.

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