ITF: Jannik Sinner moves into the main draw in Heraklion

The 16-year-old Sinner from Sexten needed a win to move into the main draw in Heraklion. At the $15.000 tournament in Greece today, the Puster native confidently eliminated the American Conor Berg 6:4, 6:2 in the third, decisive round.

In the main draw, Sinner faces the German Rudolf Molleker in round 1. The 17-year-old young talent is ranked number 8 in Heraklion and appears at position 575 in the ATP world rankings. In the ITF junior rankings, Molleker is ranked 23rd. Last year, the German even qualified for the main draw of the ATP 500 tournament in Hamburg, where he was ranked 33rd in the world rankings. Karen Khachanov had to admit defeat 4:6, 3:6.

Winkler fails in Santa Margherita di Pula Georg Winkler was also just one win away from making it into the main draw of the $25.000 tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula on Sardinia. However, the Völser lost today to number 7 seeded Italian Davide Pontoglio in two sets 5:7, 2:6.

Alexander Weis, on the other hand, is already firmly in the main draw in Sardinia thanks to his world ranking. The 20-year-old from Bolzano will face the Romanian Bogdan Ionut Apostol (ATP 860) at the start tomorrow, Tuesday. Rieder plays in Croatia tomorrow Horst Rieder is still in the running in Croatia at the $15.000 ITF tournament in Opatija. The second round match between Völser and Croatian Tin Antonic was interrupted yesterday due to rain when the score was 6:3, 3:6. This morning Rieder won the third set 7:6(2). In the third, penultimate round, the South Tyrolean eliminated another Croatian, Luka Nincevic, 6:0, 6:3 in the afternoon. In the fourth, decisive round tomorrow, Rieder will face the top seeded Slovenian Tom Kocevar-Desman.

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ITF: Jannik Sinner moves into the main draw in Heraklion

Jannik Sinner qualified for the main draw of the $15.000 ITF tournament in Heraklion on Monday. Horst Rieder from Völs is also about to move into the main draw in Opatija, while Georg Winkler was eliminated from the qualification for Santa Margherita di Pula.

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