Good first for Jannik Sinner at the ATP Masters 1000 in Madrid, one of the few tournaments he hasn't won yet, among the most important ones on the circuit. The world number one in his debut match on the Spanish clay faced in the round of 32the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, who surprisingly took the first set away from him in the tie break, but then Sinner He finished with a score of 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, qualifying for the third round where he will face, on Sunday, the Danish qualifier Elmer Moller, 22 years old and currently number 169 in the ATP ranking. There is no precedent between the two tennis players.
The Madrid Masters 1000, as we said, is one of the very few tournaments where the South Tyrolean has not only never won the title, but has never even played in a final or semifinal: in his three appearances so far, Jannik stopped in the third round in 2021, the round of 16 in 2022 (defeated by Felix Auger Aliassime), and—by retirement—the quarterfinals in 2024. Last year, he didn't show up for the tournament due to a three-month ban for the doping affair. Now, however, Jannik has a clear path to the title, taking advantage of theThe absence of rival Carlos Alcaraz due to a wrist injury will also force him to miss the Rome event and, above all, Roland Garros. in a month.
Sinner is also in a part of the board that would seem particularly easy, with a potential quarterfinal against Russian Andrei Rublev, Australian Alex De Minaur, or emerging Brazilian Joao Fonseca. The semifinals could feature Ben Shelton, fresh from the ATP 500 tournament in Munich, or Frenchman Arthur Fils, who triumphed at the ATP 500 in Barcelona, where he also defeated fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti, who could also cross paths with Sinner in the semifinals.
