Italian teenager Jannik Sinner has never reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam before and the 19-year-old will have the sternest test of his fledgling career when he takes on sixth seed Alexander Zverev at the French Open on Sunday.
Having upset 11th seed David Goffin in the first round, Sinner, last year’s NextGen ATP Finals champion, has come to grips with the slow claycourts this year to mount a serious challenge.
Sinner, however, was very blunt in his self-assessment, stating that he still needed to improve in best-of-five-sets matches despite having not yet dropped a set. “Sometimes you have to dig deep. He’s young. I’ve been at his age, where he is at now, I know. Physically, he probably still needs to improve. Tennis-wise...he’s playing absolutely great.”
In Sunday’s other matches, women’s top seed Simona Halep takes on Polish teenager Iga Swiatek while third seed Elina Svitolina goes toe-to-toe with local hope Caroline Garcia.
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