Italian Jannik Sinner (4) and Australian Alex De Miñaur (10) comfortably passed their second round duels against Dutchman Jesper De Jong (triple 6-2) and transalpine Matteo Arnaldi (6-3, 6-0 and 6-3), respectively.
“It doesn’t matter who you’re up against. You are not afraid of anyone but you have a lot of respect for everyone“, Sinner commented after defeating the 161st ranked player on the ATP list.
The sinner defeated another Dutch player, Botic van de Zandschulp, in the first round and He will cross for third with Argentine Sebastián Báez (26)after he won the duel between South Americans against the Colombian Daniel Elahi Galán.
The sun had to linger on the outer slopesbut the main favorites, like Sinner, were able to continue on the set schedule.
The main hope of the Italian needed an hour and 45 to improve the version offered in their previous match, and close the match without entering any break point.
Sinner, who has yet to drop a set at Melbourne Park, ended last season in the best possible way with the Davis Cup title after defeating Novak Djokovic’s (1) Serbia in the semifinals and De Minaur’s Australia in the final.
Local De Miñaur also improved his tennis in the second roundof a Spanish mother, who showed no mercy against the young Italian Arnaldi to establish a positive record of 5-1 since the start of the year.
His tenacity ended the patience of Arnaldi who recently established himself in the top-50, after finishing the match with 29 unforced errors contrasted to 29 of the transalpine.
He will have another Italian on the other side of the net in their third round clash, after Flavio Cobolli defeated Russian Pavel Kotov 7-5, 6-3, 5-7 and 6-2after three hours and 14 minutes.
American Taylor Fritz (12) and Russian Karen Khachanov (15) also served as favorites.by overcoming lucky French loser Hugo Gaston (6-0, 6-3 and 6-1) and American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic (6-4, 6-3, 4-6 and 6-3) .
Fritz’s opponent in the next round will be Hungarian Fabian Marozsan after he ended the journey of Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo 7-6(5), 6-4 and 6-2.
Khachanov can repeat his confrontation with American Frances Tiafoe (17)in case the American wins against the Czech Tomas Macac.
Source: La Verdad
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