World No. 1 Jannik Sinner was amazed at tennis after defeating Argentina Mariano Navone in direct sets in Open 2025. On Saturday, May 10, Sinner took an hour and 38 minutes to win the match 6-3, 6-4 at Court centers. Return after 104 days after his ban on doping After Australian Open wonSinner didn’t take much time before he found his legs.
Sinner looked a bit of the species when he faced a break point very soon in the opening set, but after his deposit he managed to keep his service. He increased his game to go 3-1 up and then expand the lead to 4-1. After the initial stutter, the sinner took only 43 minutes to win the opening set.
In the second set, Navone had a chance to break, but Sinner showed the nerves of steel to keep 2-2 after holding. Later in the set, Sinner earned his second turning point to go 4-3 up. From there he did not look back and walked around the finish line.
“Amazing feeling. I’ve been waiting for a long time. I’m very glad to be back. I said in Italian it was very difficult to have the right feedback when you have no matches. But that’s exactly what I need,” Sinner said in an interview with the court after the match.
“The best practice is the match itself. Happy of it happy. Happy from today’s victory. It was very difficult,” Sinner added.
Sinner lost his opponent on the second, won 68 percent of points (17 out of 25) from them. He made 24 unforced errors, but coped with 21 winners, 11 more than Navone.
In round 32, Sinner locks the horns with Jeserer de Jong from the Netherlands, defeated by the Spanish Alejandro Davidovic Fokina 6-0, 6-2.
Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
May 11, 2025
