Roland Garros, Jannik Sinner surrenders to Rafa Nadal

2021-06-09T03:29:04.039Z

The face to face with Rafael Nadal, the king of clay, number 3 in the ranking, in the first knockout round of the French Open did not go as the Italian Jannik Sinner hoped. Janik Sinner, n.19 Atp and 18th seeded, surrendered to Nadal with the result of 7-6, 6-3, 6-0 in just over two hours of play. Sinner has found the 13-time champion Nadal, after the quarter-finals lost against the Spaniard in the last edition. For Sinner it was the third direct confrontation with the Majorcan who won the previous two, at Roland Garros 2020 (7-6 6-4 6-1 in the quarters) and at the Internazionali d'Italia this year (7-5 ​​6 -4 in the second round). The challenge played in Rome on the central last October lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes and was partly decided by the tie break of the first set won by Rafa by 7 points to 4.