Sinner beaten at Eastbourne by Tommy Paul

Work in progress. Work in progress, and it shows. Jannik Sinner returns to the field in Eastbourne after the stop at Roland Garros due to left knee problems and the first impact on Eastbourne’s grass is not soft at all. Against the American Tommy Paul, passed last week by Matteo Berrettini at Queen’s Jannik, Sinner stops in three sets showing all the rust accumulated in these days off the pitch and above all collecting the fourth defeat on the grass in as many matches. He finishes 6-3 3-6 6-3 for the American, while Jannik will fly to London tomorrow to prepare for Wimbledon.

The match

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The South Tyrolean comes from a period of physical recovery and work with the new super coach Darren Cahill, ex of Hewitt, Agassi and in recent years of Simona Halep, with whom he won two Grand Slams. He starts with the handbrake on Sinner, who has yet to build a solid relationship with the lawns and loses the first set 6-3 with a break in the eight game. He resumes in the second, in which he is more precise in the service and in the fourth game, even with a bit of luck thanks to the tape, he takes the break for the 3-1 salt 4-1 and finally brings the situation even by winning the partial for 6-3. First game of the third set interminable, 13 minutes of arm wrestling with Jannik who does not use three break points. In the eighth game, Paul has the opportunity to take the lead, who on the third occasion closes the practice and goes on 5-3 and serves. Two errors in the ninth game for the American who ends up under 15-30, but Sinner does not exploit the advantage and Paul closes at the first match point.