For Jannik Sinner a birthday … with a mustache

Birthday for Jannik Sinner

Birthday on the court for Jannik Sinner, who is blowing out 23 candles today in Cincinnati and challenging Jordan Thompson, a mustachioed Australian who occupies #32 in the Atp rankings this week.

The South Tyrolean, seeking top form ahead of the Us Open, will have to watch out for a rival who has already managed to beat a reigning world No. 1. It happened on the grass of Queen's, when as a lucky loser he surprised Andy Murray, a five-time winner of the tournament, in June 2017.

Thompson this year also managed to beat a now career-ending Rafael Nadal, in the quarters of the Brisbane tournament: ""That victory gave me great confidence, he had commented. I knew he was coming back from an injury but you still have to beat him. When he won his first Slam I was in elementary school, so to be on the court with him è was special and to beat him even moreù".