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Sinner Serves up Impressive Doha Win on His Return

Jannik Sinner won his first match since the Australian Open, beating Tomas Machac 6-1, 6-4 to advance to a second-round match against Alexei Popyrin.

  • On Feb 16, Jannik Sinner beat Tomas Machac 6-1, 6-4 in the Qatar Open opening round in Doha.
  • Returning from a semi-final loss to Novak Djokovic in January, Jannik Sinner played his first match since his unsuccessful Australian Open title defence.
  • Sinner raced through the first set in under half an hour and on a windy day lost just six points across his nine service games.
  • The win sets up a Doha second round meeting with Alexei Popyrin, who beat Qatari wild card Mubarak Shannan Zayid 6-0, 6-2.
  • With early-round comebacks, Jakub Mensik and Arthur Fils fought back from a set down, and Sinner said `Every match is going to get tougher, so hopefully I will be ready for the next one.
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The ATP 500 tennis tournament began in Doha (Qatar), with Italian Jannik Sinner (ATP-2) defeating Czech Tomas Machac (ATP-31) 6-1, 6-4 in the first round. The match between the athletes lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes.

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No.2 in the world beats Machac easily. Now the match of Alcaraz (ANSA)

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Italian starts well in the 500 tournament in Qatar, will challenge Popyrin to the eight finals

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If you missed Jannik Sinner, don't despair, his return to the upcoming field. Number 2 in the world, back from the semifinal against Djokovic in Melbourne, ready to return...

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il Giornale broke the news in Italy on Monday, February 16, 2026.
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