1:47 p.m
J.Sinner – S.Tsitsipas 0:3
In the end, this game goes to the favorites. After 14 minutes, 35 seconds and three breakballs saved, Tsitsipas makes it 3-0.
1:45 p.m
J.Sinner – S.Tsitsipas 0:2
Things really get going early in the game. This service game is now 13 minutes and for the seventh time it is now a debut.
13:41
J.Sinner – S.Tsitsipas 0:2
Tsitsipas has to repeat the serve here several times, but in the end he makes his debut. With a crashing forehand into the opponent’s backhand side, he initiated the point with which overhead could then fend off the breakball.
13:39
J.Sinner – S.Tsitsipas 0:2
With a backhand from a jump, Sinner is very lucky with the edge of the net. If there is a break at the end, he won’t really care and he now has another chance for this.
13:36
J.Sinner – S.Tsitsipas 0:2
The favorite has to go over the second serve again and even has the slightly worse cards in the rally. However, Sinner deviates laterally by a few millimeters.
1:35 p.m
J.Sinner – S.Tsitsipas 0:2
Tsitsipas is already making his second double fault and opening the door for Sinner, who has the chance of an immediate re-break.
13:32
J.Sinner – S.Tsitsipas 0:2
And there’s the early break! The Greek returns well again, but is pushed far to the outside. Sinner wants to attack the open side, but hits far too long.
13:31
J.Sinner – S.Tsitsipas 0:1
Early in the game we see the first breakball! Sinner actually serves well, but Tsitsipas plays an outstanding return right on the line.
13:27
J.Sinner – S.Tsitsipas 0:1
But it takes two points in a row to bag the game here. Tsitsipas succeeds in this at the start and so the Greek holds the serve at the beginning of the game.
13:24
J.Sinner – S.Tsitsipas 0:0
In lockstep, it goes into the first game here. Tsitsipas serves, but both players take turns scoring points. So it goes here about 30:30.
12:59 p.m
A little patience is required!
It won’t be possible to start the second quarter-finals on time, but Alexander Zverev is close to a two-set victory and so it should start for Sinner and Tsitsipas around 1:30 p.m.
12:08 p.m
Advance praise from the competition
Stefanos Tsitsipas feels quite comfortable on sand. The Greek started his clay-court season with a win in Monte Carlo and also reached the semi-finals in Madrid last week. There it was over against Alexander Zverev, whom he had defeated in Monte Carlo. This same Alexander Zverev had recently even described the Greek as the “best clay court player”. Of course, Tsitsipas would like to live up to this name today.
12:03
The damn quarterfinals?
Jannik Sinner recently played four Masters in a row, three times it ended in the quarterfinals, last week in the round of 16. Also in Dubai and at the Australian Open was the final stop in the quarterfinals. At the first Grand Slam of the year, it was Stefanos Tsitsipas who threw Sinner out of the tournament. The round of the last eight seems to be “cursed” for the Italian this year. It goes without saying that this curse is to be broken today.
11:45
Warm welcome!
Good day and hello to the ATP Masters in Rome! Today’s Friday is all about the quarter-finals. In the men’s second duel of the day, the Italian Jannik Sinner meets Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece. The game will take place after the first quarter-finals, currently it is scheduled for around 1 p.m.