ATP Barcelona: Jannik Sinner not in the Catalan capital
The strong Italian Jannik Sinner apologized in a video message for his absence at the highly endowed ATP World Tour 500 event in Barcelona.
by Stefan Bergmann
last edit: Apr 17, 2022, 08:42 pm
On Friday, in the quarter-finals of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Monte Carlo, Jannik Sinner had roused the numerous spectators to storms of enthusiasm, but now the young South Tyrolean after the marathon game against Alexander Zverev said he would take part in the ATP World Tour that started today 500 tournament in Barcelona. Sinner did not give a precise reason for his absence in his video message on the short message service Twitter, but the exhausting week on the Cote d'Azur is probably responsible for the 20-year-old's absence.
Roberto Bautista Agut also has to cancel
In the aforementioned quarter-final battle against the German number one, the man from Innichen stood on the Rainier III court for more than three hours. of the "Monte Carlo Country Club" - towards the end of the second sentence, the trained eye of the observer could already make out a limping gait in the southern European. In addition, Sinner also had his right foot treated during the match.
The Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, who is struggling with a right wrist injury, also checked out of the peloton shortly before. He is replaced by lucky loser Hugo Grenier from France. The top favorite in the Catalan capital is the newly crowned Monte Carlo champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has a bye at the start and could meet Grigor Dimitrov in the round of 16.