INDIAN WELLS (CALIFORNIA) – Qautomatically qualified for the second round through a bye, Jannik Sinner defeated the Australian on his hard court debut in Indian Wells Kokkinakis (6-3 6-0), after that he also abolished the German Struff (6-3 6-4) and thus reached the round of 16. The success against Teutonic brings the South Tyrolean to 17 wins in a row, surpassing the record of Adriano Panatta, who was unbeaten in 16 games in a row from the Davis Cup 1976 to Nottingham 1976. To reach the quarterfinals, the Blues will have to deal with the American prodigy Ben Shelton. It has been a more difficult path for the 21-year-old American tennis player so far: after the comeback success against the Czech MonthlyIn fact, he pushed the Argentine out of the tournament again in the third set Cerundolo.
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The 22-year-old from San Candido is ready to rewrite history and comes to California as one of the favorites to win the final. Jannik, who led Italy to success Davis Cup (The first and only time the Azzurri conquered the salad bowl was in Chile in 1976 with Panatta, Barazzutti, Bertolucci and Zugarelli, Pietrangeli’s captain was not a player), is currently experiencing a magical moment and has not lost since November 19th, when he was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the final of the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. From that moment on, he never stopped and achieved 17 successes in a row, including 12 in 2024 alone, which brought him the title winAustralian Open (first Italian to triumph in Melbourne and second to win a Slam tournament after Panatta, champion in Roland Garros in 1976) and the ATP 500 in Rotterdam.
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