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Miami, ANI. World number two Jannik Sinner made a late comeback in a thrilling match against home player Alex Michelson to reach the quarter-finals of the Miami Open. On Tuesday, Sinner defeated Michaelsen 7-5, 7-6(4) at Hard Rock Stadium. After trailing 2-5 in the second set, he made a strong comeback, took the match to tie-break and won in one hour and 42 minutes.
Along with this, he maintained his excellent rhythm in the ATP Masters 1000 tournament and also increased the record of winning 28 consecutive sets. Sinner won 90 percent of the points on her first serve during the win and will now look to put in a strong performance against 19th seed Frances Tiafoe in the quarterfinals. With this win, Sinner’s record against Michaelson becomes 3-0.
The 24-year-old Italian has become the third player to reach the quarterfinals in his first five Miami Opens. Earlier this feat was achieved by Jannik Noah and Stefan Edberg. Sinner said that I felt that my serve helped a lot today, especially in important moments and tie-breaks. So I am happy with it.
He said that at the same time I know that if I want to go further in this tournament, I will have to improve my game from the baseline. Tomorrow is a rest day, which will help. I will try to find a good rhythm in the practice sessions and then see what happens. The Italian player said that he could not play his best tennis in this match. So he tried to find a way.
