by Salvatore Riggio
Having archived the short victory towards his good friend Sonego, Sinner faces the Russian Kotov (the Italians’ bête noire). By passing the flip, he may discover Cobolli
Having archived the victory on his debut within the derby towards Lorenzo Sonego (6-0, 6-3), right this moment Monday 29 April Jannik Sinner (quantity two on the planet and high seed on the Madrid Masters) takes to the sector within the third spherical to face Pavel Kotov ( READ THE LIVE HERE). It is an unprecedented match as a result of there are not any precedents between the Italian and the quantity 72 on the planet.
Where to see the third spherical match of the Masters 1000 in Madrid
The problem might be broadcast on Sky Sport Uno, Sky Sport Tennis and streaming on Sky Go and Now.
When is Sinner-Kotov performed? The time
The match is the fourth scheduled on Manolo Santana. The first begins at 11am and, due to this fact, Sinner is not going to play earlier than 8pm. Kotov beat the Spaniard Ramos Vinolas within the first spherical (6-3, 6-4) and within the second the Australian – world quantity 32 – Jordan Thompson (5-7, 6-4, 7-5). As talked about, the Russian has by no means confronted Sinner, however he has been the nightmare of different Italian tennis gamers in the beginning of the season.
Kotov and 2024 towards the Italians
In truth, he has a document of 9 wins and eight defeats in 2024 and 4 of these 9 successes have come towards Italian tennis gamers in 5 matches: beating Sonego in Doha, Musetti in Hong Kong, whereas it’s 1-1 towards Cobolli who defeated the Russian on the Australian Open, however then surrendered on the crimson clay of Marrakech the place, furthermore, Kotov additionally defeated Fognini within the quarter-finals. In brief, Sinner is warned. If Jannik goes by he may have one other derby. This time he’s with Cobolli, who challenges Khachanov, quantity 16 on the planet.
April 29, 2024 (modified April 29, 2024 | 8:00 pm)
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