After rain Jannik Sinner recovers and folds Tallon Griekspoor in Miami

After rain Jannik Sinner recovers and folds Tallon Griekspoor in Miami

Jannik Sinner struggles, suffers but wins a comeback third-round match at the Miami Masters 1000 by beating Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, world number 26, by a score of 5-7 7-5 6-1.

È Sinner who had the first break points of the match, three in the fourth game, but did not exploit them. The spike followed the serves until 5-5 when è Jannik himself lost the serve after he had lost only two points in five service games, Griekspoor went to serve for the set and closed the partial with two aces and four points in a row after being 0-30.

Sinner in the first game of the second set also recovers from 0-30 and in the next two games holds serve to zero, Griekspoor also does not concede beak balls but after the sixth, very long game, the rain comes unexpectedly and the match is interrupted.

After three quarters of an hour play resumes and Jannik has a break ball that è also a set point on 5-4 but misses it, he has another one on 6-5 and Griekspoor cancels it but on the third he has to concede with a forehand error and the match is extended.

In the deciding partial there’è only one tennis player on the court and è Jannik, who breaks twice in the second and sixth games and after two hours and 23 minutes closes the file by holding serve to zero. In the round of 16, the 22-year-old world No. 3 South Tyrolean will face the winner between Martin Damm of the United States and Christopher O’Connell of Australia.