The 23-year-old Sinner had a break enough to win the first set by the age of fourteen years older. At the start of the second set, the game came to a halt for three hours due to the rain. Sinner then came into his rhythm and failed to serve the game at 6-5. He also let himself know after a lost point by dropping his racket, something that did not give him applause from the audience. In the tiebreak, the world ranking leader made the difference with two aces.
Jannik Sinner’s class
Incidentally, Sinner also showed his absolute class at times with a wonderful backhand and a twener.
Sinner has not yet lost a set in three games in Cincinnati. The victory over Mannarino meant his 24th consecutive victory over Hard Court. The number 1 in the world affects the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals. One of the few players on the ATP Tour that Sinner has not yet managed to win during earlier meetings.
Switching Taylor Fritz
The fourth-placed American Taylor Fritz surprisingly fell against the French Qualifier Terence Atmane: 3-6 7-5 6-3. Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev, the numbers 2 and 3 of the placement list, did reach the quarterfinals.
Among the women, the fourth-placed American Jessica Pegula of Magda Linette from Poland lost: 7-6 (5) 3-6 6-3. This game was also interrupted by the rain for a long time.
Davis Cupteam without Kopman Griekspoor against Argentina
The Dutch Davis Cupteam will take on 12 and 13 September without leader Tallon Griekspoor against Argentina. Then the two countries play against each other to participate in the Davis Cup Finals in Bologna in November. Even then, Greek would not participate.
Captain Paul Haarhuis can have Jesper de Jong (ATP-79), Botic van de Zandschulp (ATP-92), Guy den Ouden (ATP-157), Sander Arends (ATP double-25) and Sem Verbeek (ATP double-43) at the home game against Argentina in Groningen (ATP-79).
Despite the absence of Griekspoor – which, according to the KNLTB, is ‘not available’ – Haarhuis is looking forward to the encounter. “We delivered a unique achievement in Malaga last year to reach the final. Very cool to participate with the team to do the prizes at this level. We are going to do everything we can to place ourselves again for the last eight. Argentina is of course a very strong opponent, with many top 100 players and Francisco Cerúndolo we will really have to play against their house.
Griekspoor said in an interview with Ziggo Sport that this year he chooses “for his own career” and “for himself”. Griekspoor is mainly about the finals in November. In recent years, he has been ruined his preparation for the new season in recent years.