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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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