The Editorial Team Tuesday 30 April 2024, 07:58
There will be no Italian derby in the round of 16 of the ‘Mutua Madrid Open’, the fourth Masters 1000 of the season underway at the Caja Magica in the Spanish capital. Flavio Cobolli was defeated by Karen Khachanov. And it will be the Russian, seeded number 16, who won 7-5, 6-4 over the Roman, who will face Jannik Sinner, first seeding favourite, who beat the Russian Pavel Kotov with a score of 6-2, 7-5, number 72 ATP, in one hour and 39 minutes of play, despite an obvious problem with his right hip. After warming up for 50 minutes, the South Tyrolean tennis player decided to play.
Sinner-Khachanov, live
If you part with Jannik Sinner to the serve that easily takes home the first game of the match. Immediate response from Khachanov who goes 0-30 down, but does well to turn it around to make it 1-1. Sinner returns to serve and goes 0-40 down, the three break points are immediately canceled out and the game extends to the advantages: the South Tyrolean brings out all his talent and goes 2-1 with 5 consecutive points. Khachanov settle the score, Sinner takes the lead again at 3-2.
Everything is ready in Madrid for the start of the match between Jannik Sinner e Karen Khachanov. After the warm-up the Italian will face the Russian for a place in the quarter-finals of the Masters 1000 in the Spanish capital.
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