Jannik Sinner, winning comeback after nearly a month

Victory for Jannik Sinner

Positive return to the court for Jannik Sinner, who 24 days after his last match made his debut with a win in the ATP 500 in Vienna.

The South Tyrolean, now fully recovered from his ankle injury, had no prolems in disposing of Chilean Cristian Garin in two sets, 6-3 6-2, with as many as nine service wins.

Sinner, seeded No. 6 and placed in the same part of the draw as Medvedev and Thiem, will return to the court Thursday for the second round.

Despite having achieved excellent results in skiing since childhood, at the age of 13 Jannik decided to devote himself exclusively to tennis, moving to Bordighera, at the court of Riccardo Piatti. It was a choice that would prove successful, as Sinner is the youngest Italian tennis player ever to enter the top 100 (October 2019) and to win an Atp title in the Open era (Sofia 2020). In addition, along with Matteo Berrettini, Jannik is the only Italian tennis player to have reached at least the round of 16 in all four Slams. For him, 2022 was the breakthrough year: he left Piatti to rely on Vagnozzi.