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Times of Oman
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Times of Oman
French Open: Sinner downs Lehecka to set date with Rublev in fourth round
Paris: Jannik Sinner staged a flawless victory against Jiri Lehecka to set a date with Andrey Rublev in the fourth round of the ongoing French Open. The top-seeded Italian dazzled spectacularly in the third round to wrap up a 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Lehecka in 94 minutes to continue with his scorching form. Sinner's dominance resonated in just nine dropped points from his serve. "I was playing really, really well. Especially for two and a half sets, then he was serving very well, very brave. He made some good serve and volleys. But I'm very happy. Simone [Vagnozzi], my coach, had his birthday yesterday, and usually when he has his birthday, I don't play well. So this win is for him," Sinner said as quoted from ATP. On a gloomy day on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, Sinner controlled the game with his disciplined shot-making from the baseline. Apart from his sublime form, he effectively negated Lehecka's serves to take complete control of the driver's seat. Sinner mustered up a total of 30 winners to just nine unforced errors against world number 34 Lehecka. The number one-ranked tennis star will face the aggressive Rublev, whom he leads 6-3 in their ATP Head2Head series. The 27-year-old Rublev moved to the fourth round via walkover after home favourite Arthur Fils withdrew from the tournament due to injury. Sinner is en route to becoming the first Italian men's singles champion in the Open Era after Adriano Panatta, who achieved the feat in 1976. En route to the third round, Sinner shut the curtain down on Richard Gasquet's career as he soared to a convincing win on Thursday. In his 22nd appearance at the clay-court major in Paris, the 38-year-old Gasquet's last dance concluded with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 defeat in a fixture that lasted for one hour and 58 minutes.
Free Malaysia Today
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Free Malaysia Today
Ruthless Sinner marches into fourth round
The top seeder has now racked up four sets without conceding a game. (AP pic) PARIS : Top seed Jannik Sinner dismissed world number 34 Jiri Lehecka in straight sets on Saturday at Roland Garros as the Italian booked his place in the fourth round. Sinner delivered a dominant display of power-hitting as the first-ranked men's player beat his opponent 6-0, 6-1, 6-2. 'Today, I was playing really, really well, especially during (the first) two-and-a-half sets… so very happy,' said Sinner, who dedicated the victory to his coach Simone Vagnozzi whose birthday it was Friday. The 23-year-old will next meet 17th seed Andrey Rublev in the last 16 after the Russian was given a bye through the third round following Frenchman Arthur Fils' withdrawal due to injury. Sinner is yet to drop a set in the French Open this year as he continues his impressive return to action following a three-month doping suspension. He returned in time for the Italian Open earlier in May, eventually losing the final to Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets, after confidently navigating his way through the first five matches. Sinner has now racked up four sets without conceding a game since his comeback in Rome. On Saturday, he won the first 11 games in a row against Lehecka before the Czech got on the scoreboard to make it 5-1 in the second set. The three-time Grand Slam champion hammered 31 winners on his way to victory on Court Suzanne Lenglen and only faced one break point, which he saved.
France 24
3 days ago
- Sport
- France 24
Ruthless Sinner marches into French Open fourth round
Sinner delivered a dominant display of power-hitting as the first-ranked men's player beat his opponent 6-0, 6-1, 6-2. "Today I was playing really, really well, especially during (the first) two-and-a-half sets... so very happy," said Sinner, who dedicated the victory to his coach Simone Vagnozzi whose birthday it was Friday. The 23-year-old will next meet 17th seed Andrey Rublev in the last 16 after the Russian was given a bye through the third round following Frenchman Arthur Fils' withdrawal due to injury. Sinner is yet to drop a set in the French Open this year as he continues his impressive return to action following a three-month doping suspension. He returned in time for the Italian Open earlier in May, eventually losing the final to Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets, after confidently navigating his way through the first five matches. Sinner has now racked up four sets without conceding a game since his comeback in Rome. And on Saturday he won the first 11 games in a row against Lehecka before the Czech got on the scoreboard to make it 5-1 in the second set. The three-time Grand Slam champion hammered 31 winners on his way to victory on Court Suzanne Lenglen and only faced one break point, which he saved. © 2025 AFP
Reuters
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Carlos Moya denies report he will coach World No. 1 Jannik Sinner
May 21 - Carlos Moya denied on Wednesday reports that he will be the next coach for World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy. "Fake news as big as a house," Moya told Radio Nacional de Espana. Moya, 48, is a former top-ranked player and coach of tennis great Rafael Nadal of Spain. Sinner will need a head coach in 2026 with the retirement at the end of this year of Darren Cahill, who joined Sinner's coaching team in 2022. Sinner revealed Cahill's pending retirement in January. In his decades on the tour, Cahill, 59, has helped coach former world No. 1 players Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi and Simona Halep, among others. Sinner, who is also coached by Simone Vagnozzi, said he wants to give Cahill a victory lap in 2025. "He brought me so many things," Sinner said in January while competing at the Australian Open. "I don't want to talk so much about his retirement. I feel very, very lucky and happy to be his last player on Tour. He has been an amazing, amazing coach and person, not only for me but for all the other players he has worked with." Sinner agreed on Feb. 15 to a three-month ban from tennis for violating anti-doping rules. He was originally sanctioned last August with minimal penalty after two positive tests for clostebol, a banned anabolic steroid. At the time, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said the 23-year-oid Italian was not at fault and that the steroid had entered his system when a support team member who had been using an over-the-counter spray that contained the substance to treat his own wound passed it on to Sinner through therapy performed without gloves. However, the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed the ITIA ruling the following month. Before the next hearing could be held, Sinner agreed to the three-month ban, the timing of which prevented him from missing any Grand Slams. Sinner, 23, returned from the ban for the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome and on Sunday lost to newly elevated World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain 7-6 (5), 6-1 in the final. --Field Level Media
Globe and Mail
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Globe and Mail
Sinner ‘not naming names' for messages he did and didn't receive during doping ban
Jannik Sinner was just as surprised by which fellow players sent him messages of support at the start of his three-month doping ban as those who sent nothing. The top-ranked player is returning to tennis at the Italian Open this week after his settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency raised questions, since it conveniently allowed Sinner not to miss any Grand Slams and come back at his home tournament. 'At the start of the suspension, I received some surprising messages from some players, whereas there were others who I would have expected to hear from that didn't send anything,' Sinner said. 'But I'm not going to name names.' The settlement was made after WADA appealed a decision last year by the International Tennis Integrity Agency to fully exonerate Sinner for what it deemed to be an accidental contamination by a banned anabolic steroid in March, 2024. Many fellow pros feel Sinner was treated too lightly and Sinner recently discussed how he didn't really feel comfortable in the locker room and the players' lounge during his run to a second straight Australian Open title in January, noting that 'players were looking at me differently.' Coach Simone Vagnozzi said that he and Darren Cahill, Sinner's other coach, also sensed the glares. 'When something like that happens, I think it's almost inevitable to have everyone looking at you. But there have also been some nice things said,' Vagnozzi said, highlighting comments he appreciated from Holger Rune's mom, Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev. In the final month of his ban, Sinner practised with Jack Draper, Lorenzo Sonego and Rune at his training base in Monaco. At the start of his suspension, Sinner was banned from entering any sanctioned sports event. 'I wanted to support my friends in cycling or motorsport,' Sinner said. 'I couldn't go there. That for me was the toughest part.' In March, professional cyclist Giulio Ciccone posted a photo on Instagram of himself posing during a bike outing with Sinner and Ferrari endurance drivers Alberto Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi. Cahill has announced he will retire at the end of the year and Vagnozzi was asked if he would consider then coaching Sinner on his own. 'I would be able to do it on my own,' Vagnozzi said. 'But with players of this level it's important to have another viewpoint. And it's important to sometimes split up the weeks you spend with the player. Otherwise it's a 365-day/year job and that's a bit much. 'But I'm hoping that Darren stays on for another five years, because we have such a great relationship. He might be the best coach ever in terms of results and other factors.' Vagnozzi referred to how Sinner is the fourth player the Australian has coached to No. 1 after Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt and Simona Halep. 'But most of all, he's a special person.' Sinner will play his opening match on Saturday against No. 99 Mariano Navone, who beat 18-year-old Italian wild card Federico Cinà 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday. Sinner enters on a 21-match winning streak but hasn't played an official match since January. Also, the red clay at the Foro Italico is not Sinner's best surface. Only one of his 19 career titles has come on the dirt, in Umag, Croatia, in 2022. 'It's definitely the surface where he is the least sure of himself,' Vagnozzi said. 'But last year he had a good clay season, reached the semi-finals in Monte Carlo and the French Open and the quarter-finals in Madrid. … So I think he can do well here, too.' The last Italian man to win the Rome title was Adriano Panatta in 1976.
