 Jannik Sinner made a profitable begin to his 2024 season on Sunday’s historic opening day of play on the Australian Open with a straight-sets victory towards Dutch participant Botic van de Zandschulp at Rod Laver Area on Sunday.In his first outing since guiding Italy to Davis Cup glory in November, Sinner suffered a weird hunch in the beginning of the third earlier than he closed out a 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 victory.Sinner, who reached the fourth spherical at Melbourne Park final yr and the quarter-finals in 2022, enters this yr’s match at a career-high No. 4 within the ATP Rankings.In his first main as a top-four seed, he was pressured to dig into his financial institution of tennis smarts to maintain the world No.59 at bay in two hours and 34 minutes.Whereas under his greatest, Sinner picked off 26 winners, the identical quantity as his opponent, however his 37 unforced errors have been eight fewer than Van de Zandschulp’s.He subsequent meets one other Dutchman, qualifier Jesper de Jong, or Argentine Pedro Cachin for a spot within the third spherical.–IANSbc/){kind=link}
Melbourne, Jan 14 (IANS) Jannik Sinner made a profitable begin to his 2024 season on Sunday’s historic opening day of play on the Australian Open with a straight-sets victory towards Dutch participant Botic van de Zandschulp at Rod Laver Area on Sunday.
In his first outing since guiding Italy to Davis Cup glory in November, Sinner suffered a weird hunch in the beginning of the third earlier than he closed out a 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 victory.
Sinner, who reached the fourth spherical at Melbourne Park final yr and the quarter-finals in 2022, enters this yr’s match at a career-high No. 4 within the ATP Rankings.
In his first main as a top-four seed, he was pressured to dig into his financial institution of tennis smarts to maintain the world No.59 at bay in two hours and 34 minutes.
Whereas under his greatest, Sinner picked off 26 winners, the identical quantity as his opponent, however his 37 unforced errors have been eight fewer than Van de Zandschulp’s.
He subsequent meets one other Dutchman, qualifier Jesper de Jong, or Argentine Pedro Cachin for a spot within the third spherical.
–IANS
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