INDIAN WELLS (USA). In the second round without taking the field. Jannik Sinner, number 14 in the ranking and 10 in the seeding, advances to the “BNP Paribas Open”, the seventh ATP Masters 1000 of the season, with a prize pool of 8,359,455 dollars, underway on the hard courts of Indian Wells, California.
The 20-year-old from Sesto Pusteria benefited from the retirement of the American John Isner, 24 ATP and twentieth seeded, who gave up the tournament for the birth of his third child. In the round of 16 Sinner will challenge the winner of the match scheduled for tonight between the Roman Matteo Berrettini, number 7 in the ranking and 5 in the seeding, and the American Taylor Fritz, number 39 in the ranking and 31 in the seeding.
During the Italian night it will then be Fabio Fognini’s turn. The 34-year-old from Arma di Taggia, n.30 in the ranking and 25 in the seeding, after the success in three sets against the German Jan-Lennard Struff, n.54 ATP, challenges the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, n.3 in the ranking and 2 in the seeding .
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