TENNIS
The South Tyrolean takes a few minutes to get going, then beats van de Zandschulp in three sets: 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 the score. The Ligurian also advances, Lucia Bronzetti out
14 gen 2024
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The first round of Australian Open smiles at Jannik Sinner, who doesn’t even concede a set to From the Zandschulp in his Melbourne debut. After a few minutes of settling in, Jannik refines his game as the minutes pass and closes it in three sets and 2h34′ of play: 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 the score for the South Tyrolean, who now awaits Cachin or de Jong. Go ahead too Arnaldi, which beats the Australian Walton (7-6, 6-2, 6-4). Out Lucia Bronzetti.
MEN’S BOARD
The first round of the Australian Open pitted the world number 59 and a potentially tough opponent against Jannik Sinner in the first major match of the year, but the South Tyrolean was not surprised: victory in three sets and 2h34′ game with a score of 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. Jannik didn’t start the first set badly, attempting to escape several times and being kept at a safe distance by van de Zandschulp. The Dutchman, who had beaten Arnaldi in the Davis Cup, surrendered after three quarters of an hour with a score of 6-4 and gave everything in the second set. Sinner, seeded number 4 in the seeding, is put in difficulty and loses a few points too many, finding himself serving to stay in the second set: the blue makes no mistakes and closes at 5-5, immediately breaking serve from his rival and then close at 7-5. In the third set Jannik shows an initial physical decline, but then gets back to 2-2 and straightens the match with the first advantage of this third set. van de Zandschulp sketches an answer and gets back to 40-0, but the Italian top-5 immediately turns the situation around and closes the match: game, game and match with the score of 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 and 2h34 ‘ game. Perhaps more than expected, but Sinner flies to the second round: he will challenge Cachin or de Jong, on the pitch at the moment.
“Starting with a win means a lot to me,” he said
Sinner in a postgame television interview, while half a dozen fans dressed in carrot costumes cheered from the stands. “Physically I feel good. I’m here in good shape. I think I can be happy for today.” Sinner said he was surprised to see the
Carota Boys in the audience: “It’s nice to see them in the stands,” he said. “They are becoming more famous than me, little by little. Maybe this support gives me at key moments this extra belief, perhaps. Who knows? Let’s see how it goes here. But I’m happy that they are here.”
The first one was good too
Matteo Arnaldi, who debuts in the Australian Slam with a success. The tennis player from Sanremo beats home wild card Adam Walton, number 176 in the ATP ranking, with a solid and effective performance. A few too many errors in the first set and then a lot of solidity under the Melbourne sun for the blue, who closed the match with a score of 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in two and a half hours. Now he awaits his challenger and will only find out tomorrow, when De Minaur (10) and Raonic will play at 9am Italian time.
WOMEN’S BOARD
Nothing to do however
Lucia Bronzetti, which for the second consecutive year greets the Australian Open in the first round. The Rimini girl starts very strong against the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, far from irresistible and very foul despite her being the 26th seed in the seeding: the first set belongs to the Italian, who closes it with a score of 6-3. From here on, however, Bronzetti loses himself, and the 7-5 in the second set is the final blow. In the third set the Italian constantly made mistakes on serve and saw it broken all five times she went to serve. Tsurenko thus took advantage of her errors to close the match with a score of 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. She will challenge Masarova or Sasnovich.
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