US Open, is Alexander Zverev the next opponent of Jannik Sinner

US Open, è Alexander Zverev the next opponent of Jannik Sinner

Ità Alexander Zverev will be Jannik Sinner’s opponent in the round of 16 of the US Open men’s singles. The German, world number 12, beat in the Italian night with the score of 6-7 7-6 6-1 6-1 the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, number 19 but who è was number 3 at the turn of 2017 and 2018.

Zverev will be a very tricky opponent for Sinner, who has lost to him three times out of four: only the first time Jannik è managed to beat him, in the round of 16 at Roland Garros in 2020, but Sascha è then took revenge just in the round of 16 at the US Open the following year, winning in three hard-fought sets.

Sinner has since then è much improved in continuity & solidity; and Zverev suffered the very serious ankle injury against Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros last year and has now completed his recovery path to high levels, but è it is to be hoped that Jannik this time can make it Whoever wins will find in the quarters one between Carlos Alcaraz and Matteo Arnaldi, the great revelation of this tournament.

This is the composition of the US Open men’s and women’s round of 16.

Men: Alcaraz-Arnaldi, Zverev-Sinner, Medvedev-De Minaur, Draper-Rublev, Hijikata-Tiafoe, Paul-Shelton, Stricker-Fritz, Gojo-Djokovic.

Women: Swiatek-Ostapenko, Wozniacki-Gauff, Cirstea-Bencic, Muchova-Wang, Stearns-Vondrousova, Keys-Pegula, Jabeur-Zheng, Kasatkina-Sabalenka.