Jannik Sinner moves into the round of 16

Sinner played his first round match in Piedmont on Monday evening. The 16-year-old from Sesto, who was allowed to serve in the main draw thanks to a wild card, brought his compatriot Jacopo Stefanini to his knees at the start with 6:3, 6:1. In the round of 3, Sinner will face the winner of the game between the number XNUMX seeded Frenchmen Leny Mitjana and Filippo Moroni.

Moritz Trocker, however, was eliminated from qualifying in Antalya. The 18-year-old from Völs, number 7 on the seeding list, had to admit defeat to the Austrian Philipp Schroll 2:6, 4:6 in the third and final qualifying round. His teammate from TC Rungg, Horst Rieder, had a lot more luck, despite the 6:4, 6:7(1), 4:6 defeat against the number 4 seeded Brit Joel Cannell, who still made it into the main draw as a lucky loser managed. On Tuesday, Rieder will face Frenchman Francois-Arthur Vibert (ATP 9) in the second match after 899 a.m.

Three more South Tyroleans in the peloton His teammate Alexander Weis is already waiting in the main draw of the Turkish tournament. The 21-year-old from Bolzano will face the German Mats Rosenkranz (ATP 9) on Tuesday at 945 a.m. Weis is also registered in doubles with Gianluca Acquaroli. The two “Azzurri” will play against the Uzbek duo Timur Maulenov/Beibit Zhukayev at 12 p.m.

Verena Meliss is in the main field of the women's tournament in Antalya. The woman from Kaltern will fight on Wednesday in round 1 against the Russian Angelina Zhuravleva (WTA 899) for a place in the round of XNUMX.

Verena Hofer, on the other hand, is back in Hammamet this week. After her doubles success and reaching the singles semi-finals, the 20-year-old from Val Gardena will face the number 6 seeded Frenchwoman Marie Temin (WTA 616) in Tunisia on Wednesday, against whom she has already played twice in her career. Two years ago Hofer prevailed in Aprilla, this year the South Tyrolean lost 2:6, 4:6 in Hammamet. In doubles, Hofer and the Brazilian Karolayne Alexandre Da Rosa compete against Micheline Aubuchon (USA)/Seira Shimizu (JPN). Hofer, Meliss and Weis with new best ranking This week three South Tyroleans achieved their new best ranking. Verena Hofer is currently ranked 715th in the WTA computer, Verena Meliss is ranked 806th. For men, Alexander Weis appears to be ranked 934th in the ATP world rankings.

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Jannik Sinner moves into the round of 16

Jannik Sinner from Sexten has reached the round of 15.000 of the $XNUMX ITF tournament in Casale Monferrato.

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