The Australian Tristan Schoolkate achieved the small feat of taking a set at world number 1, but nothing more…
World number 1 Jannik Sinner, defending champion in Melbourne, won in four sets in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday against Australian Tristan Schoolkate (173rd), the first player to take a set from him in 14 matches. The 23-year-old Italian won (4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3) against this opponent who benefited from an invitation from the organizers of the first Grand Slam of the season.
Sinner will play his place in the round of 16 against the American Marcos Giron (46th). The latter beat the Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (38th) in the second round, who was the last player before Schoolkate to have managed to take a set from the Italian, at the beginning of October at the Masters 1000 in Shanghai. Thursday, Sinner joined in the 3rd round of the Australian Open his rivals Alexander Zverev (2nd), Carlos Alcaraz (3rd) and the ten-time winner Novak Djokovic (7th), qualified on Wednesday, as well as the American Taylor Fritz ( 4th), who obtained his ticket earlier in the day.
