When Jannik Sinner plays in Cincinnati: background with Adrian Mannarino
The Cincinnati Masters 1000 opens the curtain on the round of 16, among which the one involving the world number 1, Jannik Sinner, stands out on Wednesday. The South Tyrolean will be up against an opponent he knows quite well, having faced him three times, although the last head-to-head was two years ago: he is Adrian Mannarino, number 89 in the ATP rankings.
The match between Sinner and the French tennis player will be played at the center court of the Lindner Famili Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, immediately after the resumption of the women’s match between Magda Linette and Jessica Pegula, which was interrupted Tuesday just before the start of the third set, rescheduled for 6 p.m. Italian time on Wednesday. Possible, then, to estimate a start of the match no earlier than 7 p.m. Italian.
What will be staged in the U.S. city will be the fourth meeting between Jannik Sinner and Adrian Mannarino, with the previous three all smiling on the current world ranking leader: in 2020, in the semifinals in Sofia it ended 6-3, 7-5, in 2022 in Montreal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the round of 16, in 2023 in Indian Wells Sinner won 7-6(7), 6-4.
Jannik Sinner is looking in Cincinnati for his second consecutive victory, after the one in 2024: a result that is indispensable if he is not to lose points at the ATP ranking level, although the lead over Carlos Alcaraz still remains quite wide on the eve of the US Open, the last Grand Slam tournament event of the season.
