Jannik Sinner surrenders two games in ruthless Indian Wells victory | ATP Tour
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Sinner surrenders two games in ruthless Indian Wells victory
Italian subsequent faces Shapovalov
March 07, 2026
ATP Tour
Jannik Sinner is aiming for his first Indian Wells title.
By Grant Thompson
Jannik Sinner was relentless in his opening efficiency on the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, dispatching Czech qualifier Dalibor Svrcina 6-1, 6-1.
Seeking his first Indian Wells trophy, the second seed overwhelmed Svrcina with heavy ballstriking and imposing tempo en path to a 64-minute victory.
“I feel mentally I’m in a good place,” stated Sinner, who was competing for the primary time since his Doha defeat to Jakub Mensik. “I’m calm, I’m relaxed. But I’m additionally very completely happy to compete. We did a number of work. Many, many hours on court docket. Many hours in the gymnasium. I’m making an attempt to get slightly bit stronger [physically]. “We did double sessions, not many days off at all.”
Sinner’s finest consequence in the California desert is a semi-final run in 2023 and 2024. Should the 24-year-old triumph this night, he would full the set of titles in any respect six hard-court ATP Masters 1000 occasions.
Sinner performed tight to the baseline and compelled Svrcina to take a deep court docket place, permitting the Italian alternatives to maneuver ahead and end factors at internet. He has transformed 15 of his 17 internet factors, in response to Infosys ATP Stats.
From 1-1 in the opening set, Sinner tallied 9 consecutive games earlier than Svrcina gained one other recreation. The 24-time tour-level titlist, who’s 5 victories shy of his one centesimal ATP Masters 1000 match win, improved to 8-2 this season.
The No. 2 participant in the PIF ATP Rankings subsequent faces Canadian Denis Shapovalovwho’re you twenty ninth seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(5). The lefty crushed 43 winners towards the Argentine and got here to internet 22 instances, changing 15 of these factors.
Sinner and Shapovalov are tied at 1-1 in their Lexus ATP Head2Headvert collection. Sinner downed the Canadian in 4 units ultimately 12 months’s US Open. Shapovalov gained their five-set conflict on the 2021 Australian Open.
