A motivated Sinner is trying to make it to the quarterfinals

The Italian Jannik Sinner, 21 years old and world number 8, he has maintained his interesting streak of victories this season. He added his twenty-sixth victory, closing in on the games won leader, the Russian Daniel Medvedev (31).

No wonder he reached the quarterfinals of Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-70 Conde de Godó Trophyas he has reached this round in seven of the eight tournaments played this year.

Recent Miami finalist, semifinalist in Indian Wells and Monte Carlo He meets expectations as soon as he decides to keep his calendar and go through Barcelona, ​​​​​​where he seeks to reach at least the 2021 semifinals.

sinful prevailed in his first confrontation with the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, 27 years old and nº 35, but with poverty, has to work individually. His motivation showed his motivation as the Asian really tested his skill and will to compete.

The sinner grabbed the hamstring of his left leg

In a continuous give and take, with Sinner holding the hamstring of his left leg at 4-3 and serving in the third set, the transalpine was able to close out the classification, 6-1, 4-6 and 6-3 in 2h.07′.

Let’s see how the Sinner holds up physically, with an appointment this Friday with the best of the Cameron Norrie-Lorenzo Musetti.

in the second set sinful He came back from 0-2 but suffered a certain ‘break’ that caused him to extend the game and enter a period of suffering as the fast Japanese player grew and made the rubber continue to recover in service breaks.

The Italian is not as imperial himself as before (he scored only 43% of the first), he often uses a drop shot to throw the rival. It served its purpose, but had more wear than I would have liked.