Jannik Sinner not too happy after victory in Cincinnati

Jannik Sinner: “I have to have the level raised next round, but let’s take the positive things from this match.”

Jannik Sinner after the hard-fought victory against Thanasi Kokkinakis in Cincinnati took stock of his performance: “At the beginning I was not playing very well, I was not feeling the ball well. I tried to be more aggressive, because Thanasi is an attacking player, and things went better.”

“We take the positive things from this match, hopefully in the next round I can play at a higher level.” Sinner won on his birthday: “I love playing tennis and doing it on my birthday is the best thing, today was a happy ending, and I’m happy.”