ATS
Title holder, Jannik Sinner lost a set in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday.
The world No. 1 won 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3 against Australian Tristan Schoolkate (ATP 173), the first player to take a set from him in 14 matches.
The 23-year-old Italian took almost an hour to find his feet against this opponent who benefited from an invitation from the organizers of the first Grand Slam of the season. He will play his place in the round of 16 against the American Marcos Giron (ATP 46).
The latter beat the Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ATP 38) in the 2nd round, who was the last player before Schoolkate to have managed to take a set from Jannik Sinner. It was 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.
