Jannik Sinner has had the best year of his life in 2024. The 22-year-old Italian has risen to a career-high ATP ranking of No. 1 in the world, becoming the first ever Italian to climb to the summit of the ATP rankings. Although Sinner didn’t get to the final of the French Open, the Italian had amassed enough points to soar to the top.
The 2024 Halle Open contains some of the best players in the world including the French Open finalist, Alexander Zverev, who’s the tournament’s 2nd seed. Jannik Sinner has a tough road to break through, with potential clashes against Stefano Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals and Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals.
Tallon Griekspoor Wins 1st Set Tiebreak
Jannik Sinner snatched the first point of the first game of the first set from Tallon Griekspoor, but the Dutchman rallied back to win the game at the first time of asking. Griekspoor then upped his return game, nearly breaking the world No. 1’s serve in the next game.
Griekspoor then raced to two game points in the third game, but Sinner clawed back to deuce. Griekspoor eventually held serve two points later. What followed were relatively comfortable holds of serves from both players, dragging the set to 3-3.
Jannik Sinner then dragged Tallon Griekspoor to deuce in the seventh game which he lost before holding his serve to love in the subsequent game. Griekspoor responded in kind and they dragged each other to a tiebreak.
Sinner raced to a 4-0 and a 5-1 lead in the tiebreak, but Griekspoor clawed back, eventually leading 8-7. The Dutchman won the tiebreak three points later to put one for in the Halle Open second round.
Jannik Sinner Steals A Break To Draw Level
Jannik Sinner and Tallon Griekspoor came out for the second set as fired up as ever. In three of the first four games of the second set, both players held their serves without dropping a single point.
Griekspoor came after Sinner in the fifth game, nearly breaking the Italian’s serve. After the world No. 1 held on to his serve, he went on to revenge with a break of the Dutchman’s serve at the second time of asking. Jannik Sinner then served out the set three games later to win 6-3.
Double Break Gives Jannik Sinner The Win
At the beginning of the third set, Jannik Sinner held Tallon Griekspoor on the ropes, saving five-game points before the Dutchman eventually held on to his serve. The service game lasted over nine minutes.
Two games later, Sinner saved one game point on Griekspoor’s serve, taking the game to deuce before breaking his serve two points later to gain the advantage in the deciding set. In the seventh game of the set, Sinner broke Griekspoor’s serve again to lead 5-2 and went on to serve out the match. The 3-set match lasted two hours and 20 minutes.
Note:
Jannik Sinner would play against Fabian Marozsan in the second round of the Halle Open. Australia’s James Duckworth defeated Brazilian Joao Fonseca in straight sets. Arthur Fils also defeated Tomas Machac in straight sets.
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