‘Perfect Sinner’ leads Australia to last 16 at US Open – Tennis

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World No. 1 Yannick Sinner easily defeated Australian Christopher O’Connell 6:1, 6:4, 6:2 in nearly two hours of competition at the last Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, and advanced to the round of 16. Play.

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The Italian showed that he wanted to take the initiative quickly, and when the world No. 87 was unable to challenge Sinner in any way, he broke serve twice to lead 5-0. Then the two sides started serving, and after 30 minutes of play, the world leader ended the first set 6-1.

In the second set, O’Connell won the first service game with difficulty, saved a break point, but was broken in the second service game. This was enough for Sina to end the second part with a 6:4 advantage.

The third set was also under Sinner’s command. He broke O’Connell’s serve in the first game and broke again in the seventh game, and then closed the game with 6:2 in the third set.

“Today was a good day and I played a great match. I tried to focus on the net side and give it my all. So far I’ve learned that I have to play consistently and today was like so far, there were some ups and downs in the match but things are going in the right direction,” Sinner said after the win.

Thus, the 23-year-old Italian awaits the winner of the quarter-final clash between Canadian qualifier Gabriel Diallo and the host country Tommy Paul’s team.