Jannik Sinner did not tremble to rally the knockout stages of the Australian Open, to the detriment of Marcos Giron. It also passes for Alex de Minaur and Alex Michelsen.
In the previous round, he had dropped a set against the unknown Australian Schoolkate. This time, Jannik Sinner managed to win in three rounds to reach the knockout stages of the Australian Open. The world n ° 1 in the title was opposed to Marcos Giron, 46th, which he had already beaten in Shanghai in 2023. The Italian presented this, with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory in 1:58, against an American reduced by an bulb in the left foot in the third round. Author of 8 aces and 60% of first balls, Sinner only lost his service during this match.
In the first set, he broke from the first game to lead 3-0 then 4-1, and pocketed the set at 5-3, not without having to save a Débreak ball when serving for the saving of the Channel. Almost identical scenario in the second round, with an Italian break at 2-2, then a Débreak ball saved in stride, before concluding at 5-4. In the third, the two players had trouble on their service during the first games, and Sinner, which led 2-0, was equalized at 2-2. But the world n ° 1 gave a boost to win the following four games, and here it is in the round of 16, where he will face Holger Rune or Miomir Kecmanovic on Monday.
Another eighth for DE MINAUR
This Saturday in Melbourne was Alex day, since they have two, from Minaur and Michelsen, to have won their ticket for the second week. The Australian of Minaur, world n ° 8, has enforced the hierarchy by having n ° 31, Francisco Cerundolo, on the score of 5-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-3 after a beautiful battle of 3:52. Irregular in the service (7 aices, 9 double-fauts in total), by Minaur fell in love with the late first round, losing the last four games. But he recovered well by winning the second 7-3 in Tie-Break. He then won the third by signing a decisive break at 4-3, then the fourth finishing hard to go up from 2-3 to 6-3.
The 25 -year -old will play his fourth eighth final in a row in Melbourne. But, beaten by Sinner, Djokovic then Rublev, he never managed to reach the quarters. He will try to achieve this against the American Alex Michelsen, 42nd world, who created the surprise by beating the 19th, Karen Khachanov: 6-3, 7-6, 6-2 in 2h09. The 20-year-old Californian won the first set in breakage at 4-3, the second 7-5 in Tie-Break and the third in Breakant at 1-0 and 5-2. The two Alexs already clashed twice, in 2024, and Michelsen won into Los Cabos, before Minaur took his revenge to Roland-Garros.
