Jannik Sinner and his magic shots. As in round one, the Italian enchanted the crowd on Centre Court with a dream shot, this time against 24-year-old Hungarian Fabian Marozsan it was actually two. At 1:0 in the third set, the world number one just managed to reach a ball with a Becker pike, rolled perfectly to reach Marozsan's next shot on the other side of the court and then converted it with a passing shot to win the point. A promising candidate for the point of the year. Sinner took the break to make it 2:0 and eventually won the match 6:4, 6:7 and 6:3 in two hours and 15 minutes.
What Jannik Sinner is still missing in his career is a tournament win on grass. At the 31st TERRA WORTMANN OPEN, he has a great opportunity to achieve this. The 22-year-old has reached the quarter-finals in Halle for the second time, extending his strong record for the year to 35 wins with only three defeats. He is chasing his personal tally of 64 victories in 2023.
One of Sinner's secrets to success on grass: sliding. The South Tyrolean also skis well, so he has a good sense of balance. "Maybe that helps me. I always feel better on grass," says the three-time tournament winner on the ATP Tour this year (Australian Open, Rotterdam and Miami).
In the first set, Sinner managed an early break to make it 2:1, but Marozsan hit back immediately. Everything was in line until 4:4, then the Italian capitalised on his next break chance to make it 5:4. The 22-year-old sealed the set with his own service and the first set point. Set two was dominated by the servers. Sinner only earned two break points at 5:5, but Marozsan fended them off. The tie-break was needed and the Hungarian dominated it. He won the deciding game 7:4 on his third set point and thus equalised the set.
In the third set, Sinner broke his opponent to make it 2:0, then again to make it 5:1. Marozsan broke back, but Sinner got his service through to make it 6:3. Sinner is through to the quarter-finals, feels good and is ready for more.
