Jannik Sinner Triumphs Over Sebastian Korda at ATP Montecarlo Debut

Jannik Sinner Triumphs Over Sebastian Korda at ATP Montecarlo Debut
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Wednesday 10 April 2024, 14:54 - Last updated: 11 April, 15:41
Jannik Sinner has won in two sets at his ATP Montecarlo debut against Sebastian Korda. The South Tyrolean settled the case of the American in just two hours, winning 6-1, 6-2 and achieving as many as five breaks. Now in the round of 16, Jan-Lennard Struff awaits him, a German tennis player who in previous matches defeated Sebastian Baez and Borna Coric. Two important victories for the world number 25 who will now try to put a spoke in Sinner's wheel. Sinner-Struff, today the ATP Montecarlo round of 16: time and where to watch the match. Who is Jan-Lennard Struff: the career. Jan-Lennard Struff is a German tennis player and Sinner's next opponent at the ATP Montecarlo. He was born in Warstein on April 25, 1990 (he is 33 years old) and took his first steps in the world of tennis at the age of 6, with parents Dieter and Martina working as coaches. In 2008 he began his professional career and, after debuting with a defeat in the Challenger circuit, in 2010 he won his first title at Germany F5. In 2013, after the seventeenth attempt, he qualifies for a major circuit tournament in Barcelona and then enters Roland Garros. In August of the same year, he enters the ATP Top 100. In 2014 he wins his first Challenger title in Szczecin in doubles. In 2015, he makes his debut in the German Davis Cup team. In November 2016, he unexpectedly beats the world number 3 Wawrinka. In 2018, he reaches the semifinals of the Australian Open in doubles and reaches the 21st position in the ranking. In 2020, thanks to the quarterfinals in singles of the "down under" tournament, the final in Rotterdam, and the semifinal in Dubai, he reaches the 29th position in the ATP ranking. In 2021, he reaches his first ATP final in the Munich tournament. 2023 is the year of the comeback with the quarterfinals reached in Montecarlo and the final in the Master 1000 of Madrid. Then in Stuttgart he reaches his first ATP final of his career and closes the tournament at the 21st position, the best for him. ATP Ranking. Jan-Lennard Struff occupies the 25th position in the ATP ranking, a position he already held last year. However, this is not his best placement, as he has been number 21 in the world in the past. Style of play. Struff's favorite shot, Sinner's next opponent, is the two-handed backhand and he loves playing on clay. When they play. The match between Jannik Sinner and Jan-Lennard Struff is scheduled for tomorrow, but the time is still to be defined, as the draw is not yet well defined. The precedents. Sinner and Struff have already faced each other once this year. The two, in fact, competed at Indian Wells, then lost in the final by Jannik. In the round of 32 of the American tournament, the tennis players faced each other with the South Tyrolean winning 6-3, 6-4 moving on to the next round.
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