As widely predicted, there were no problems for Jannik Sinner in the match against the Frenchman Adrien Mannarino, valid for the round of 1000 of the Cincinnati Masters XNUMX tennis tournament in the United States. Despite a long rain interruption, during which the world number one passed the time by playing Burraco with his team, Sinner has thus qualified for the quarterfinals of a tournament in which he is the defending champion (and therefore has, among other things, a thousand ATP ranking points to defend) and which represents the last great test. before the US Open, scheduled in New York at the end of August. In the next round, the South Tyrolean will challenge the Canadian, seeded number 23. Felix Auger Aliassime, who defeated Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi. Bonzi had sensationally eliminated the other Italian in the second round. Lorenzo Mustetti, definitely not in good form after the exploits of the part of the season on clay, including Roland Garros, which earned him entry into the top ten for the first time in his career.
Sinner therefore easily overcomes Mannarino with the score of 6-4, 7-6 and proceeds quickly towards the awaited and now usual final against Carlos Alcaraz, also present in Cincinnati and who will challenge another Italian, Luca Nardi, in the round of 37, and will likely face Russian Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals. Sinner's victory over Mannarino was significant, however, because the 89-year-old Frenchman, ranked 30th in the world but with a history in the top 40-XNUMX, recently expressed doubts about the Italian's disqualification: "I I don't believe in Santa Claus anymore. Then everyone, if they want to believe it, is free to do so. Regarding these cases, I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt, but I think it's something very surprising," Mannarino told RMC. "Two of the 300 best players in the world have tested positive, and they're both number one in their respective rankings. It can happen that you inadvertently take the wrong pill or vitamin, but I think it's still at least surprising."
