In Madrid lunch with the derby between Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego. The two friends will compete in the second round of the Master 1000 in Madrid on the central court of the Caja Magica, the Manolo Santana, not before 12.30. Before them, the world number one, Iga Swiatek, will take to the field, starting from 11am, against the Romanian Sorana Cirstea. The match will be live on Sky Sport Tennis and streaming on Now. The precedents are all in favor of Sinner: 4-0 for the South Tyrolean, with the successes, all dating back to last year, in Vienna, US Open, Halle and Montpellier. In short, Sinner is clearly favored for the clash with his friend Sonego, two united on and off the court, given that they formed and form the doubles pair that brought very important points in winning the Davis Cup in Malaga.
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Matteo Arnaldi is also on the court, third match on court 3 in a program that starts at 11: the blue will challenge the number 3 seed, Daniil Medvedev, he is certainly not the favorite but the Russian hasn’t really started very well this year on clay red, so who knows. Another Italian who will seek access to the third round is Flavio Cobolli, who will challenge Nicolas Jarry in the fourth match on court 5. Another highly anticipated challenge will be the one, obviously against Manolo Santana, which will pit Rafal Nadal and Alex de Minaur against each other, in the rematch of the match played just a few days ago in Barcelona and which saw the Australian win (7-6 6-1). The match between the former world number one and the number 10 seed will be the third match, immediately after the one between Sinner and Sonego. As for the women, there are no Italians involved in the singles draw but in the doubles, starting from the 11th, the Errani-Paolini couple will face the Russian duo made up of Vera Zvonareva and Mirra Andreeva.
