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Sinner Shows Aggressive Side to Book Quarter-Final Spot
Jannik Sinner won both tiebreaks despite trailing at times to defeat Joao Fonseca and advance to the Indian Wells quarterfinals, where he will face Learner Tien.
- On Tuesday, Jannik Sinner edged Joao Fonseca 7-6 , 7-6 in a Stadium Court clash witnessed by many Brazilian supporters.
- With momentum shifting in the second set, Fonseca fought back from a 4-2 deficit, forcing a second-set tiebreak.
- Using aggression, Sinner said 'I felt like trying to be as aggressive as possible was the key', denying one set point with an ace and winning five straight points in the first tiebreak.
- Sinner will play 20-year-old Learner Tien next, who saved two match points to reach his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal for a semifinals spot.
- In other last-16 action, Arthur Fils upset ninth-ranked Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 7-6 , booking a quarterfinal against Zverev.
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Joao Fonseca Takes Jannik Sinner To The Limit, And Justifies The Hype
Nineteen-year-old Joao Fonseca is a generational talent. Or an imminent bust—you tell me. His scant tenure on the men's tennis tour has served as a case study in the lunacy of early-career cycles of hype and disappointment. What's clear is where he stands right at this moment, after a spine-tingling 7-6(6), 7-6(4) loss to Jannik Sinner on Tuesday night at Indian Wells: Fonseca is a prodigy with an intoxicating peak level, and one of the best for…
João Fonseca gave his work to Italian Jannik Sinner, number 2 of the world, in the final eightties of Indian Wells Masters 1000. Despite the defeat by 2 sets to 0 parts of 7/6(8/6) and 7/6(7/4), the young Brazilian tennis player recognized that he had done a good game and analyzed that the difference of the game was on the decisive points. — I think it was a good game. From the first point on, it was very balanced. I mean, I played a good tennis…
Ruthless Sinner subdues Fonseca
Four-time major champion Jannik Sinner edged talented Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/4) in a scintillating Stadium Court clash on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals at Indian Wells. The first meeting between the world number two Sinner and the big-hitting 19-year-old lived up to expectations, the fireworks sparking a raucous response from a crowd packed with enthusiastic Brazilian fans. Sinner will face another fast-rising yo…
Tennis star Jannik Sinner has been severely challenged in the eighth final of Indian Wells by Brazil's jolt Joao Fonseca before winning 3:6,7:6(4). "I am very happy to have won. Joao has incredible talent. I have tried to play as aggressively as possible. That was the key," Sinner said. In the quarter final, the South Tyrolean against the American Learner Tien is just as favorite as Alexander Zverev against the Frenchman Arthur Fils. The German …
World number two Jannik Sinner continues his victorious march at the tennis tournament in Indian Wells (California, USA).
Men's tennis number two Jannik Sinner reached the quarterfinals of the top-tier tournament in Indian Wells, but had to work for two hours against young Brazilian Joao Fonseca.
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