will play in the quarterfinals against Fritz-Corriere.it

For Jannik Sinner it was another magical night. Not even 24 hours after the success against Mannarino, here’s another one: Sinner beat 6-1 6-4 in one hour and 39 ‘Stan Wawrinka, defeated for the second time in 2023 after Rotterdam. A success that earned him a place in the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Masters 1000, the first of the season: now it’s the American’s turn Taylor Fritzwho last year won this tournament in the final against Rafa Nadal in a match that also ended up on the Netflix series «Break Point».

Sinner can therefore continue the march towards a final that he only reached in tournaments of this level in 2021 precisely in the second round of the Sunshine Double, that of You love me, which was a first that year due to the pandemic. Unlike the one dominated in the Netherlands, that of Stadium 3 by Indian Wells it was a more balanced match, in which Sinner had to cancel three break points in the third game: after that obstacle, the first set went smoothly with the blue who broke his opponent’s serve twice in a row. At nearly 38, however, «Stan the Man» he is still there shooting one-handed backhands without the desire to give up: at the opening of the second set the break in favor of the Swiss arrived, but Sinner immediately responded, then repeating himself in the fifth game, snatching the serve from Wawrinka again on the seventh attempt , in a crucial junction for the conclusion of the game. The two break points canceled in the eighth were a sentence, with Sinner taking advantage of the greater aptitude to play long rallies.

«It always takes two players to play a great game – commented Sinner -. The level was very high, I felt better on the pitch and I’m happy, also because he played very well. I entered the load a little unloaded, my angle was important to give me energy. The team also serves this, not only on a tactical level. Stan studied me, it was a game of chess. Against Fritz, on the other hand, the service game will be important». Today, for sinnerrest day: the match will be played tomorrow – time yet to be made official -, with only one precedent between the two, precisely in Indian Wells in 2021, an edition that took place in the autumn due to the covid.