Returning to clay after ten months, in his first match in the Principality the blue dominates the American 6-1 6-2 and responds at a distance to number 1 Djokovic
Sinner’s law. On American hard courts as well as on clay in Europe: this Jannik is always scary. The number 2 in the world starts very strong in the Masters-1000 in Monte Carlo: clear victory, without history, against the insidious Sebastian Korda, with a peremptory 6-1 6-2. The South Tyrolean is too stronger: complete, with few fouls, physically and mentally healthy. If a good morning starts in the morning, with Sinner there will also be fun on clay.
THE MATCH
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A domain. It’s as if Jannik had won the match even before taking the field: Korda, a good player but with several gaps also from a personality point of view, never seemed capable of playing an equal game. Sinner started immediately with a break, canceled three service chances in the second game and then managed to even close a first set easily won 6-1, despite 33% of first balls on the court: 8/8 with the first and 8/16 with the second, these numbers were enough to control the situation. In the second set, Jannik had a little more difficulty breaking the serve from Korda despite obtaining repeated chances: after wasting four in the second game, the blue player got the break on the second good ball in the fourth game, putting his hands on set and closing at 6-2 with another game won in response.
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MESSAGE TO NOLE
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A smooth debut, with spectacular shots between passers, lobs, recoveries, short balls. A performance that looks a lot like a distant message to Novak Djokovic: the Serbian mistreated Roman Safiullin on Tuesday and today Sinner did the same with Korda. With Carlos Alcaraz out of the picture, the top two players in the world send long-distance signals to each other. Jannik, above all, sends them to himself: it wasn’t obvious to start so well on clay, after winning in Miami and with a few days of training on clay. Furthermore, the Italian hadn’t played on this surface since his defeat in the second round of Roland Garros against Daniel Altmaier at the beginning of June: a lifetime ago. For Sinner in the round of 16 there will be a challenge against Jan-Lennard Struff, an expert German player (born in 1990) who Jannik beat a few weeks ago in Indian Wells (6-3 6-4), in the only match between the two in their career. Sinner joins Musetti and Sonego: there are three Italians in the round of 16 in Monte Carlo.
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2024-04-10 12:40:46
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