Jannik Sinner (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)
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Am Wednesday starts in Florida the Masters 1000 tournament from Miami, that with 4,3 millions Dollar Prize money is endowed. With it is also South Tyrol’s tennis star Jannik Sinner.
The 19 year old Sextner, who has appeared in 31st place on the ATP computer with “Best Ranking” since Monday, is one of the 32 seeded at the first 1000 tournament of the season who have a bye at the start. Thus the Breathing only intervene in the action on Friday or Saturday in round 2.
After the quarter-finals in Dubai against the Russian and eventual winner Aslan Karatsev, the South Tyrolean wants to return to the road to victory in the top-class Masters 1000 tournament. In Florida Sinner meets the winner from the encounter between Hugo Gaston (ATP 162) and Dominik Head (ATP 54). Sinner only played against Frenchman Gaston 12 days ago in Marseille, when he sat down Breathing effortlessly in two sentences. Against the German Head Sinner has already won, in 2019 at the Challenger in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Sinner is already on Saturday with his coach Andrea Volpini from Dubai to Miami flown. Of the “Light blue“Is taking part in a Masters 1000 tournament for the fourth time in his career.
On his debut 2019 both “Internationalof Italy“In Rome the Breathing in the second round to the Greek Stefanos Tsitsinot, Number 7 in the world, defeated in two sentences. Last year, Sinner failed in the first qualifying round in Cincinnati to compatriot Salvagoal Caruso, while he made it to the round of 16 in Rome in September, but then against Gregory Dimitrov just got the short straw in three sentences.
After Miami, the clay court season begins for Sinner with the next Masters tournament in his adopted home Monte Carlo (April 11th to 18th). He will then play in Barcelona or Belgrade (April 19-25). Of the Sextner is also registered for the ATP 250 tournament in Munich (April 26th to May 2nd), the same as in Stuttgart. The first lawn tournament of the season started am 7. June.
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