Erste Bank Open: Top talent Jannik Sinner takes out Philipp Kohlschreiber
Only 18-year-old Jannik Sinner celebrated a great success at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The South Tyrolean defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber clearly in two sentences.
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: Oct 23, 2019, 12:53 pm
by Nikolaus Fink from the Wiener Stadthalle
While in the women's youngsters like Cori Gauff and Bianca Andreescu had caused quite a stir this season, dominated in the men again Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. The new generation was missing - with a few exceptions - every track.
One of these exceptions is Jannik Sinner . The only 18-year-old South Tyrolean lost in the last week in Antwerp only in the semi-final against Stan Wawrinka, was rewarded the top talent with a wildcard for the ATP-500 tournament in Vienna.
In the first round there was a meeting with Philipp Kohlschreiber, twice as old. Sinner offered a taste of his talents to those fans who remained in the stadium after Dominic Thiem's impressive performance against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and finished off his German counterparts 6-3 and 6-4.
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Besides Thiem and Sinner, Fernando Verdasco (vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili), Hyeon Chung (vs. Milos Raonic), Aljaz Bedene (vs. Guido Pella) and Gilles Simon (vs. Feliciano Lopez) prevailed on Tuesday. Lopez set a negative record - he conceded the 444th defeat on the ATP Tour.