Jannik Sinner restarts with a win: “I am confident.”

Jannik Sinner restarts with a victory

Jannik Sinner picks up where he left off. In his first match in 2025, the world number one beat Alexei Popyrin, number 25 in the ATP rankings, in two sets, defeated with a final score of 6-4 7-6 in nearly one hundred minutes of play, in the exhibition match for the Australian Open Opening Week.

In the first set, Sinner conceded crumbs on serve, with Popyrin never getting to a break ball. The South Tyrolean, however, already has two chances in the third game and as many in the seventh but the Australian manages to save himself. In the ninth game forò the blue does not forgive: he goes up 5-4 and closes the first partial on serve (6-4).

Second set moreù complicated for Jannik, who in the sixth game loses the serve (2-4). Popyrin confirms the break and goes up 5-2 but here comes the reaction of the world number one who recovers the disadvantage, ties at 5-5 and drags the set to the tie-break, dominated by 7 points to 2.

"The first Slam of the season canò be loaded with tension but I am aware of the work of these weeks and all the efforts made and so I am confident" commented the Italian at the end of the match, in the words reported by SuperTennis.