Paris Masters 1000, for Jannik Sinner an unprecedented challenge in the second round
The opponent that Jannik Sinner will face in the second round of the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000 will be Zizou Bergs: the Belgian tennis player, number 41 in the world rankings, in fact defeated in the first round the American Alex Michelsen 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 in one hour and fifty-four minutes, thus earning the right to face the current world number 2 on the indoor concrete of the last ATP 1000 of the season.
This will be an unprecedented challenge between Sinner and Bergs: in fact, the two have never crossed arms and will face each other for the first time in Paris-Bercy: Sinner, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, comes from his success in the Vienna tournament in the final against Alexander Zverev, while Bergs entered the tournament on the wave of the previous Masters 1000, which ended only in the quarterfinals facing Novak Djokovic, while also having disappointed in Brussels, where he went out in the first round at the hands of compatriot Collignon.
In the meantime, Jannik Sinner held his first Paris training session, in anticipation of his challenge against Bergs scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 29. The South Tyrolean is coming off fourteen wins in his last fifteen matches played (including the Six Kings Slam, an exhibition tournament held in Saudi Arabia), and his only defeat came by retirement before Tallon Griekspor in Shanghai.
The only loss came by way of retirement before Tallon Griekspor in Shanghai.
The Sesto Pusteria outfielder’s goal is to bring home what would be his first Masters 1000 of the season, a result that would allow him to approach again the first position in the ranking or even regain it, should Carlos Alcaraz at the same time not go beyond the quarterfinals.
