The Italian Jannik Sinner (no. 3) qualified this Sunday for the round of 16 of the Miami Open con comeback against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (n.26) by 5-7, 7-5 and 6-1 in two hours and 23 minutes.
This year’s Australian Open champion suffered in the first set and couldn’t quite find his rhythm, but after a short break due to rain in the middle of the second set, he pressed the accelerator and turned the match around.
Semifinalist in Indian Wells, where the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (no. 2) cut his streak of 19 consecutive victoriesSinner will face the American Martin Damm (no. 204) or the Australian Christopher O’Connell (no. 66) in the next match.
Sinner was a finalist last year in Miami, where he lost in the title match against the Russian Daniil Medvedev (no. 4).