Jannik Sinner, winning comeback over Tallon Griekspoor in Halle

Jannik Sinner beats Tallon Griekspoor

The season's debut on the grass in Halle è more difficult than expected, especially in the first hour of play, for Jannik Sinner, but the world number 1 brings all his talent to bear against an albeit tenacious Tallon Griekspoor, going on to win in three sets in the first round of the German tournament, which the South Tyrolean chose to prepare for Wimbledon.

The match, in its first fraction, experiences a substantial balance, with Griekspoor responding to Sinner’s blows by dragging him all the way to the tie-break: in the decisive mini-game Sinner climbs up to 5-1 and even gets to play two set points, but the Dutchman’s reaction è vehement and worth the unexpected set victory.

Griekspoor also rattled Sinner in the early part of the next fraction, particularly in the fifth game when he got three break points but failed to exploit them. In fact, forò, his match ends theì foré the blue man ups the pace and gives him no chance either in the second set, which ends 6-3, or in the next, which instead ends 6-2.

Good first set, albeit with some initial chills, then, for Sinner, who in the round of 16 of the Halle tournament, where he has the No. 1 seed, will face Fabian Maroszan of Hungary, the first-round executioner of Roman Safiullin, beaten 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.