Supertalent Jannik Sinner receives Wildarcd in Vienna
The 18-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner has received a wildcard for the main competition of the Erste Bank Open, which is endowed with 2,443,810 euros, at the Wiener Stadthalle, after the Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and the Lower Austrian Dennis Novak.
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last edit: Oct 18, 2019, 01:46 pm
Tournament director Herwig Straka remains true to his strategy of always equipping an up-and-coming talent with a starting position. In recent years, among others, the Russian Karen Khachanov, who has now made it into the circle of the top ten in the world rankings, or the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (currently number 17 in the world rankings) with a wildcard for the domestic tennis highlight considered , By the way, Khachanov and Auger-Aliassime will again be present at the Erste Bank Open this year.
Jannik Sinner is one of the greatest talents on the ATP Tour. The San Candido, born in Innichen, started the tennis year 2019 as number 551 in the ATP ranking and has since worked its way up to position 119. At the current ATP tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, the super talent reached the quarter-finals on Thursday thanks to a two-set win over Frenchman Gael Monfils. "So it's only a matter of time before Jannik Sinner reaches the top 100. He will certainly have a say in the future of the ATP tour and more than deserves the wildcard for the Erste Bank Open thanks to his outstanding achievements this year, "stressed Straka.