Breaking the suspicion of injury, Sinner won fast at the US Open

Jannik Sinner has eliminated doubts about injury when he played excellently and won quickly with a score of 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 against Vit Kopriva in the first round of US Open.

Jannik Sinner started the campaign to defend the US Open title in a convincing way, extinguishing all doubts about the possibility of becoming the first person to do this since Roger Federer in 2008. On the morning of August 27, the defending champion has easily surpassed the Czech player Vit Kopriva with an overwhelming ratio of 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 to make his name in the second round.

Sinner had to give up in the Cincinnati final against Carlos Alcaraz last week, he showed a full style in the 1 hour 38 -minute match. The No. 1 seed moved flexibly and launched accurate shots, making it difficult for Kopriva to deal with the attacking play of the Italian player on the Arthur Ashe. This is also the first time these two players have confronted each other.

“I feel my physical strength is very good. I have had a few effective training days, especially in recent days. I feel my physical strength is in a good state. “

The Italian player has won in the three most recent hard courts on the Australian Open 2024, 2025 and US Open 2024), he will continue the journey to search for the Fifth and Third Grand Slam title in the season when confronting Alexei Popyrin. The Australian player defeated Emil Ruusuvuori with a score of 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

This victory also helped Sinner continue to chase Alcaraz in the world’s No. 1 race. If Alcaraz came in the same round as Sinner or overcoming the opponent in New York, he would return to the first position from September 10, 2023. Sinner also needs to be in at least the third round to maintain opportunities.

In other developments, the seed No. 10 Lorenzo Musetti had an impressive backward 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 before Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. This is Musetti’s second victory since the semi -final of Roland Garros in June. Italian tennis players will confront Quentin Halys or David Goffin in the second round.

Denis Shapovalov also won the right to continue after defeating the Winston-Salem Marton Fucsovics champion with a score of 6-4, 6-4, 6-0. The No. 27 seeds of Canadians who have reached the quarterfinals in New York in 2020 and have won two titles this year. Alexander Bublik also won the former Marin Cilic champion with a score of 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.