Jannik Sinner reached a straight-set victory versus Tommy Paul but after two tiebreaks
World number one Jannik Sinner struggled, but still managed to take a clear victory against Tommy Paul (USA) after 3-0 (7:6(3) 7:6(5) 6:1) in the match of the Round of 16 at the US Open.
This is not the first victory of the Italian player against a representative of the hosts. He already defeated Alex Michelsen in the third round of the tournament with 3-0 (6:4, 6:0, 6:2) in 99 minutes.
This time, Jannik Sinner achieved success after 2 hours and 46 minutes of play. The battle was extremely tight in the first two sets, with Tommy Paul consistently going to tie-breaks and coming very close to winning at least one of them, but ultimately settling for defeat in each case.
The loss of the first two sets led to a logical psychological break on the part of Tommy Paul in the third set, and there he was defeated 1:6, and even the Italian managed to take his first match point. The seventh game itself was remarkable as the ATP number one trailed 15:40 but saved two game points and turned things around to secure the big win.
Jannik Sinner’s success was another response to the doping scandal that erupted against him in the run-up to the US Open.
In the quarter-final, Jannik Sinner will face Daniil Medvedev, who overcame Nuno Borges (Portugal). The Russian cruised to a clear victory of 3-0 (6:0 6:1 6:3), with his only problem on the way to it being known technical problems that temporarily stopped the match.
