Monte Carlo – Jannik Sinner entered the second round of the Masters 1000 tournament in Monte Carlo in a sovereign manner. The 19-year-old Sesto defeated the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ATP 47) in two sets with 6: 3, 6: 4 on Tuesday afternoon and will now get it on Wednesday with the world number 1. Novak Djokovic to do.
After his sensational performance in Miami, Sinner is going to his adopted home of Monte Carlo this week. The Pusterer, currently number 22 in the world, had no luck at the start of the clay court season. In lap 1, Sinner met the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas on the Cote d’Azur. The number 47 in the world is a force on clay, having reached the finals of the first two clay court tournaments of the season in Cordoba and the semi-finals in Buenos Aires. The 33-year-old from Barcelona was only eliminated in the semi-finals in Marbella on Saturday. In addition, Ramos-Vinolas was already in the 2017 final in Monte Carlo, where he had to admit defeat to his compatriot Rafael Nadal.
After losing the quarter-final at the French Open in October against Nadal, Sinner no longer played an official match on the red ashes. In the first meeting between Sinner and Ramos-Vinolas it was the Spaniard who got off to a better start. In the opening game, he took the South Tyrolean serve to make it 1-0 and immediately increased it to 2-0. But Sinner’s reaction was not long in coming. The Pusterer countered with the rebreak to 2: 2 and shortly afterwards secured the next break to 4: 2. The world number 22. This lead could not be taken away and after 33 minutes of play he converted his second set point to 6: 3. Up until then a very strong performance from Sinner.
In the second part of the game, Sinner Ramos-Vinolas promptly took over the service for the 1-0 lead. In the fourth game, the Sesto had to fend off two breakballs from the Spaniard before he made it 3-1. Sinner defended his lead and didn’t risk anything in the games that followed. After 1:24 hours, Riccardo Piatti’s protégé closed the sack to make it 6: 4. A princely start for Sinner in Monte Carlo.
Tomorrow against Novak Djokovic
In round two, Sinner will be put to the test on Wednesday. There he meets superstar Novak Djokovic. The Serb has been number 1 in the world for 311 weeks now. Since yesterday he has overtaken Roger Federer, who was number 1 in the world rankings for 310 weeks. Djokovic has won 82 ATP titles so far in his career. Sinner and the 33-year-old Serb have never faced each other in an official match, for the Sextner it is the 10th overall duel against a top 10 player. Sinner has a record of 3: 6 wins.
In the afternoon in doubles with Bolelli
In addition to singles, Sinner also plays doubles in the Principality with specialist Simone Bolelli. The two “Azzurri” will already meet the French Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert in round 1 this afternoon, who together have decided each of the four Grand Slam tournaments for themselves.
From: mk
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