Six Kings Slam: Jannik Sinner sweeps Stefanos Tsitsipas and goes to semifinals
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Jannik Sinner decisively beat Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, currently world number 24, with a score of 6-2 6-3 in the preliminary round of the Six Kings Slam, the ultra-rich indoor concrete exhibition in Riyadh.
The beginning of the match is a domination of the world number 2, who flies to 5-0 with three breaks, but Jannik also nullified two break points in the second game of the match. In the sixth he returned one of the three breaks but shortly afterwards closed the partial at the second set point.
In the second set Sinner also took a heavy lead: 3-0 with a double break, returned one but at 5-3 closed the match at the first opportunity. In the semifinals, the Sesto Pusteria outfielder will face Serbian former tennis king Novak Djokovic.
