The Italian Jannik Sinnernumber two in the world, debuted with victory this Saturday in the second round of the Madrid Masters 1000 by imposing himself on his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego 6-0 and 6-3 in one hour and nine minutes. Sinner, first seed in Madrid’s Caja Mágica, destroyed his rival in the first set, whom he did not let win a single game in less than half an hour.
Sonego reacted in the second set, but after giving up his serve in the fourth game, Sinner opened a gap that his compatriot could no longer fill.
Sinner, winner in Miami and semi-finalist in Monte Carlo, where he fell to the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasreached the third round of the Madrid tournament for the third time in his career.
The Italian will face the winner of the duel between the Russian Pavel Kotov and the Australian Jordan Thompson in the round of 32.
Rafa Nadal returns to the court
Nadal debuted with a victory over Darwin Blanch. (AFP)
Rafael Nadal advanced on his roadmap and to the comfortable and incontestable victory achieved on Thursday against the young Darwin Blanch he added a new, more intense training session, before the second round clash of the Madrid Masters 1000, against the Australian Alex de Miñaur (from 11 a.m., Argentine time). The Balearic Islands meet the Oceanic Islands for the second time. A week after the defeat in Barcelona, the winner of 22 Grand Slams meets the eleventh player in the ATP ranking who this year conquered Acapulco and reached the final in Rotterdam.
“I would be surprised to beat Alex de Minaur on Saturday. But I don’t care one way or the other. It would only change me on an emotional level to continue playing here but on a personal level it doesn’t change anything for me. A victory here or there is not going to change anything for me. I don’t aspire to win. If I aspired to win we would talk about something else. We are at another time, Saturday is another opportunity to test myself in tennis. In Barcelona I played one set, tennis-wise well, and in the second I wasn’t there,” said Rafa after beating the American Darwin Blanch in his debut.
Alex de Miñaur” andIt’s a rival that gives little. I am aware that these are games that you need time and physical strength to win and to see if I am capable of doing it. My priority is that nothing else happens so that I have the opportunity to continue in a year and a half, it is the first time that I have been able to play two weeks in a row. I’m training and that’s important on a personal level. I’m going to try to go out on Saturday to enjoy and compete. I don’t rule out anything. “It’s a game in which I’m not a favorite,” he added.
Tsitsipas did not measure up and said goodbye quickly
Stefanos Tsitsipas had a bad day in Madrid. (AFP)
Stefanos Tsitsipaseliminated in its debut at the Madrid Masters 1,000 by the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (6-4 and 6-4), he wished he had always subtracted “like in the last game” because he accused the problem of lack of rhythm in his returns. “He was very aggressive. His first serve percentage was very high. I felt out of rhythm with the rest throughout the match,” he said.
The Greek, sixth seedrefused to analyze what had gone wrong in his game to lose to the 118th in the world.
“I would like to congratulate my opponent. I have nothing to say about myself. A great match on his part. This is tennis,” he said.
2024-04-27 13:36:41
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