Match Report

Sinner notches 250th win, cruises via Shanghai opener

Italian begins quest for seventh title of season

October 05, 2024

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner turned the primary participant to succeed in 60 wins on the season Saturday when he defeated Japan’s Taro Daniel 6-1, 6-4 in his Rolex Shanghai Masters opener.

Including to an already spectacular season, Sinner additionally turned the primary participant born within the 2000s to succeed in 250 wins as he stays on monitor to surpass his document 64 wins final season, which stands as essentially the most by an Italian man within the Open Period.

“I felt fairly comfy right this moment,” stated the 23-year-old, recent off his Beijing remaining run. “I really feel in good condition additionally bodily, which is essential for me. After all I’ll attempt to enhance for tomorrow’s efficiency, however right this moment I used to be serving actually, rather well, particularly in essential moments, and was shifting nicely.”

Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index Leaders (2024)

*nonetheless to play Saturday

Sinner is now 14-0 in opening-round matches this 12 months and has reached the quarter-finals in all 13 tournaments performed in 2024. He’s 51-0 towards gamers exterior the Prime 20 within the PIF ATP Rankings since shedding to No. 66 Serbian Dusan Lajovic in Cincinnati final 12 months.

The Italian will subsequent meet thirty first seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry within the third spherical. He might face a Shanghai rematch with 14th seed Ben Shelton past that, one 12 months after the American knocked him out of the ATP Masters 1000 in what was their first Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly.