Positive debut – directly in the second round – for Jannik Sinner, while Lorenzo Sonego, Lorenzo Musetti and Fabio Fognini leave the scene in the “BNP Paribas Open”, first Masters 1000 of the season (combined with the second WTA 1000 of 2022) with a prize pool of $ 8,761,725 being played on the Californian concrete of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, returned to its original location on the calendar after the cancellation due to the pandemic in 2020 and the postponement to October for the same reason in 2021.
The 20 year old from Sesto Pusterian.10 of the world ranking and seeding, great protagonist in the Davis Cup in the success in Slovakia, in the Italian night he won for 63 63, in an hour and 28 minutes of play, on the Serbian Laslo Djere, no.52 ATP. For Sinner this is the first success in three head-to-head with the 26-year-old from Senta, previously winner on clay, in 2019 in the round of 16 in Budapest and in 2020 again in the round of 16 in Kitzbuhel.
Jannik took off his opponent in the fourth game, taking advantage of the fourth break point after having faced four opportunities for the 2-2, then he placed a second break flying to 5-1, but when he went to serve for the set got jammed a bit and suffered an immediate counter-break. Djere shortened to 3-5, but the blue in the ninth game put the first fraction in the safe without too many hesitations.
In the second game, the Serbian saved a break point in the fifth game, but he did not succeed in the same feat in the following round of service, with the player followed as coach by Simone Vagnozzi to hoist himself on 4-3 and then to complete the streak. four games in a row, snatching the joke from his rival again so as to reach the third round.
Sinner is in the eighth of the Norwegian Christian Ruud (# 8), in the upper part of the draw, but first he will have to deal with the French Benjamin Bonzi, 62 ATP, which he defeated by 63 64, in an hour and 37 minutes of the match, the other blue Lorenzo Sonegon.21 in the ranking and on the scoreboard: Sinner has made his only precedent with the 25-year-old from Numes, in the second round of Roland Garros 2020.
