The first day of the ATP Finals in Turin ended with the success of the home favorite and world number one Jannik Sinner. On the court against Alex de Minaur (ATP 8), 1h25′ was enough for the Italian to close the Australian case with scores of 6-3 6-4 in a tournament which sees all the “big names” absent for the first time after 23 years. three”, namely Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Having started by immediately losing the incoming serve, the South Tyrolean then found the right verve during the match, in turn breaking the 28-year-old’s serve on three occasions without conceding anything again.
However, Daniil Medvedev’s adventure did not begin in the best way (4). In the opening match of this edition, the Russian – who appeared visibly very nervous as he smashed and threw rackets during the match – was defeated 6-4 6-3 by Taylor Fritz (6). Having lost the first set due to the broken serve in the tenth game, in the second the 28-year-old from Moscow had three break points which he however was unable to convert, allowing the American to close the score on the first match point.
Susan Bandecchi (WTA 276) and Céline Naef (209) both shined in the respective ITF tournaments they participated in this week. The Ticino player won the tournament in Ismaming (Germany) thanks to the result of 6-7 (8/10) 6-2 7-5 against the Ukrainian and number two seed Daria Snigur (158). This is the third triumph of the season for the 26-year-old, as well as the seventh in the secondary circuit. The Swiss player instead prevailed in Pétange (Luxembourg) over Océane Dodin (110, former number 46) with scores of 6-2 6-4 achieved in 1h16′. Belinda Bencic (1213) was also in the running in this tournament, but she withdrew before taking the field for the quarter-finals.
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