In a rematch of the Cincinnati-half finals, Top Seed Jannik Sinner newcomer Terence Atmane with 6-4, 5-7, 6-0 in round two of the China Open on Saturday. Sinner should probably have won in court sets-as he did in Cincy this summer, but recovered from a medium-sized hiccup to dominate the decision maker.
The second ranked Italian progressed after two hours and 21 minutes and founded a quarter-final match against Fabian Marozsan.
“The game style he plays is quite unique and he is a lifty and we don’t have much,” said Sinner about Atmane. “He is a great, great player and has improved a lot since Cincinnati. Today he struggled a bit in the third set with some cramps, but it was a tough, difficult second round game. I got up twice with a break in the second set and I couldn’t use it, but this is the sport.
Carlos Alcaraz must also be happy to continue to the next round of his event. Normally it would have been a virtual SLAM dunk, but the passage of the World No. 1 In the Japanese open quarterfinals, in question was after an ankle injury in his opening match. Nevertheless, Alcaraz bounced back from the fear and Sneled Zizou Bergs 6-3, 6-3 On Saturday evening.
“It was difficult and it was really an important day and the day I had to recover as well as I could,” the reigning our open champion noted. “I said it before and I will say it again: I have the best physio in the world, which I trust 100 percent. The work he did for the ankle has been great. I could normally play, which is great. Sometimes I was worried about some movements when I could feel the ankle, but in general I played a number of big tennis.”
Alcaraz will be confronted with Brandon Nakashima on Sunday.
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