The Italian tennis player Jannik Sinnerbrand new champion of the Australian Open, and Francisco Cerúndolo They went into action on Friday with solid victories in Indian Wells.
Sinner, number three in the men’s ranking, defeated the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (99) 6-3 and 6-0 in 81 minutes.
The Italian is pursuing his first Indian Wells final after losing in the last semifinals to the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, who this Friday began his defense of the title against another Italian, Matteo Arnaldi.
Meanwhile, Francisco Cerúndolo, number 2 of Argentina, beat the Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko without major difficulties.
Cerúndolo, number 22 in the world ranking, beat Shevchenko (51st) 6-2 and 3-1 when the Kazakh retired from the match with 50 minutes played.
The 25-year-old Buenos Aires player was very confident on serve and took advantage of his two break points to take the first set in just 29 minutes. Shevchenko announced his retirement when Cerúndolo achieved another break to go ahead 3-1.
“Fran” will now try to break his barrier from the third round in Indian Wells in a duel against the young American Ben Sheltonsemi-finalist of the last US Open.
Another of the candidates to advance on Friday was the German Alexander Zverev, who beat the Australian Christopher O’Connell by a double 6-4.
In the women’s branch, in the WTA 1000 category, number one Iga Swiatek She had a brilliant debut by beating Danielle Collins 6-3, 6-0.
The American, number 56 in the WTA, could only stand up to the Polish jewel at the start of the first set.
With a 3-3 tie, Swiatek achieved the first break at love and pressed the accelerator to bag the next eight games of the match.
The Pole, champion of the event in 2022, will face the Italian Camila Giorgi or the Czech promise Linda Noskova in the third round.
Source: Ambito
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