Italian Young Gun jannik sinner continues his career in Masters de Miami 2022 having reached the final last year. The youngster has already beaten big names in the tournament and the last one to bite the dust against him was nick kyrgios. Sinner won the match 7-6(3), 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Masters-1000 tournament.
While it was the first meeting between the two players with Nick being a huge fan of Jannik’s play, the match will long be remembered for reasons unrelated to the tennis that was played but the fight that broke out between the chair umpire and Kyrgios towards the end of the first set.
The fight quickly escalated with Nick first receiving a point penalty for “unsportsmanlike conduct” and with ongoing altercations during the set break, Nick was given a game penalty and Sinner was asked to serve to start the second set. Nick was visibly furious and reprimanded the chair umpire, who also received boos from the crowd during the match. Nick didn’t shake hands with the referee after the match and after congratulating Sinner at the net, he started arguing with the referee once again.
Despite this, Sinner remained silent and continued to channel his energy into the match. “What I understood, the court there is a little different than the center court. He used to play center court, which he said was a little slower. The rest, I did not understand. I mean, I just tried to stay in my zone and, yeah, I think it was the right choice.” Sinner said during the press conference after his win.
Jannik Sinner happy to beat Nick Kyrgios, faces tricky quarter-final test
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With Nick being in some great shape this month was going to be a tough match for Sinner and he was prepared for it. Nick might have posed more challenges if he hadn’t been distracted by his fight with the chair umpire, but that doesn’t take away from the Italian’s credit for his performance against the Australian, who was the oldest player left in the tournament in the fourth. round.
“It’s difficult of course, but I think I’ve done a great job today because usually you don’t play a lot of games like this, so you have to be in the present moment, like I said, and I think I’ve done a great job. about. Also, I knew before the game that I had to raise the level a little bit because, you know, he is the type of player who pushes the ball a lot.
“When you serve well, you also improve your return. I tried to stay there in all the points, which I have done, so I think it was a positive match.” Sinner said about his performance. Jannik will now face the surprise quarterfinalist francisco cerundolo who defeated Frances Tiafoe in the fourth round and it is a completely unknown quantity.
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