Indian Wells: Jannik Sinner in fluency in the round of 16.

Jannik Sinner – Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-4

Jannik Sinner continues without any problem his path in the Indian Wells Masters 1000. After a clear victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis, in fact, the South Tyrolean tennis player had an easy time even in the third round with German Jan-Lennard Struff, number 25 in the ATP ranking, defeated in two sets (6-3 6-4) after an hour and fourteen minutes of play.

Sinner began the challenge with a double fault and in the third game had to concede a break point to Struff, which he cancelled with his first serve. Having escaped danger, the Italian got the break in the next game and kept it until the final 6-3, conceding crumbs to his opponent at bat.

In the second partial Struff tries to come to the net more often to shorten the exchanges but è it is precisely a backhand pass from the world number three that gives him the break lead in the fifth game. The German has the’chance to get back into the set at 4-3 15-40: here Sinner però è perfect, stringing four consecutive points and closing the match in the next service turn, at the first useful match point.

In the round of 16, the winner of the last Australian Open will face the winner of the match between the U.S. Ben Shelton, number 16 in the world rankings, and Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo, number 22 in the world.