ATP Marseille: Jannik Sinner fixes duel with Daniil Medvedev, Marin Cilic had to tremble
Day two at the top-filled ATP-250 event in Marseille: Jannik Sinner was able to win his first round match sovereign and now meets Daniil Medvedev . Hubert Hurkacz, Marin Cilic and Vasek Pospisil also celebrated favorite victories .
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Feb 18, 2020, 09:25 pm
Strong field of participants in the ATP 250 event in Marseille. Many players who started in Rotterdam last week have stayed in Europe to take part in the next hard court tournament in Marseille. This naturally has a positive effect on the field of participants: Six top 20 players are playing in France this week.
Yesterday Bernoit Paire, Mikael Ymer and Alexander Bublik bought their round of 16 tickets, today there were other first round games on the program. In the first duel of the day, Hubert Hurkacz and the French wildcard Antoine Hoang should meet. The Pole, who had just narrowly missed a win over Stefanos Tsitsipas, did not show any weakness and moved into the top 16 with 6: 4 and 6: 1.
Sinner in the round of 16 against Medvedev
The Italian youngster, Jannik Sinner, had to fight harder and was able to move into the quarter-finals last week. He was dealing with Slovaks Norbert Gombos. In the first set, the only 18-year-old Sinner broke at the perfect time, namely when he was able to take his opponent's serve to 6: 4. Also in the second set Sinner showed his staying power and so also run two went 7: 6 (5) to the South Tyrolean. Jannik Sinner faces number one in the round of 16, Daniil Medvedev.
Vasek Pospisil confirmed his strong form in his first round game and was able to take out the Finnish youngster, Emil Ruusuvuori, in two sets. There was a surprise in the air between Ilya Ivashka and Marin Cilic. The Belarusian, who was ranked 135, was able to win the first set, but then had to bow to the Croatian routine and leave the place with 6: 3, 6: 7 (5) and 4: 6 as losers.
In the purely French duel between Gilles Simon and Harold Mayot, the experienced Simon knew how to convince. With 6: 4 and 7: 6 (3), the 35-year-old was able to buy his round of 16 ticket. In the last single of the day, Karen Khachanov and Aljaz Bedene meet.