Jannik Sinner flawless in derbies: ruled Cobolli, is in quarters in Vienna

Jannik Sinner proved flawless in the Italian derbies. The world number two and seeding leader of the Vienna ATP 500 beat Flavio Cobolli, number 22 in the ATP rankings, with a final score of 6-2 7-6, winning his 17th challenge in as many matches against Italian tennis players.

Early in trouble the Roman, forced to cancel already a break ball in the opening game’s opening game. The third game, however, is the good one for the South Tyrolean who gets the break with a splendid forehand cross court (2-1). Jannik confirmed the break on serve (3-1) and repeated it in the fifth game with a pair of winning returns (4-1). In the seventh game Cobolli breaks a streak of five games in a row by the world number two, who closes the score on serve in the next one (6-2).

The second set is much more hard-fought: Cobolli concedes a break point in the fifth game but Sinner misses the answer; in the eleventh game the top seed conquers three more consecutive break points but the Roman saves with his serve. So it comes to the tie-break where Sinner immediately flies ahead by a mini-break with a great running passer (3-1) but immediately recovered by Cobolli (3-3). A double fault, however, doomed the Roman (3-5): Sinner did not forgive and closed with serve (7-4).

Thanks to this victory, Sinner flies to the quarterfinals of the”Erste Bank Open‘ where he will take on Kazakhstan”Alexander Bublik, number 8 in the seeding and 16 in the world, who overcame Francisco Cerundolo (6-4 6-2) in two sets.