Sinner outclasses De Minaur in Turin

World No.1 and big favorite Jannik Sinner outclassed Australian Alex De Minaur 6-3, 6-4 for his entry into the ATP Masters on Sunday in Turin. In front of an Inalpi Arena won over to his cause, the Italian only needed one hour and 24 minutes to beat the eighth in the world, who is discovering the tournament bringing together the eight best players of the year.

Sinner, who had not played since his coronation at the Masters 1000 in Shanghai just a month ago before withdrawing ill from the Masters 1000 in Paris, only experienced a small scare when he lost his serve. from the third game. But he immediately restored the situation and won four games in a row to lead 5-2.

Powerful forehand

After a first round pocketed in 36 minutes on his first set point, in the second he continued his work of undermining his powerful forehand and took his opponent's serve in the fifth game to lead 3-2, then 5-3 .

He concluded the match with an ace and a white service game. Sinner, 23, has won seven titles in 2024, including his first two Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open and US Open).

He also became the first Italian to take control of the ATP rankings. His year was also overshadowed by his positive doping test for clostebol, an anabolic steroid, of which he was cleared by the International Agency for Tennis Integrity (Itia), before being caught at the end of September by the World Agency Anti-Doping (WADA) which appealed and requested a suspension of one to two years.

The native of South Tyrol, a German-speaking region on the borders of Austria, has never won a title in Italy and hopes to correct this anomaly in his third participation in the “masters tournament”, in which he competed and lost. , the final in 2023, against Novak Djokovic who, injured, withdrew from this 2024 edition.