Jannik Sinner explains the key to the comeback

Jannik Sinner’s words after his victory with Nicolas Jarry

After the initial scare, Jannik Sinner bounced back and defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry, world number 28, with a final score of 4-6 6-3 6-1 in the opener at the Beijing ATP 500, in which the South Tyrolean è seeding leader and defending champion.

"He played good tennis,” the world number one commented to ATP microphones.

In the first set I struggled to respond on serve and he broke me. I tried to stay lì mentally. The first round in any tournament is è never easy and playing against him è very difficult. But I am happy with the performance and how I ended the match".

"The first serve è was good, the second one I have to improve a little bit' – added the azure -. He was responding aggressively, so it è not easy. After the US Open we tried to work very hard, changing some things, but I am satisfied with my process".