The debut victory in the derby against Lorenzo Sonego has been archived (6-0, 6-3), today Monday 29 April Jannik Sinner (number two in the world and top seed at the Madrid Masters) takes to the field in the third round to face Pavel Kotov. It’s an unprecedented race because there are no precedents between the blue and number 72 in the world.
Where to see the third round match of the Masters 1000 in Madrid
The challenge will be broadcast on Sky Sport Uno, Sky Sport Tennis and streaming on Sky Go and Now.
When is Sinner-Kotov played? The time
The match is the fourth scheduled on Manolo Santana. The first starts at 11am and, therefore, Sinner will not play before 8pm. Kotov beat the Spaniard Ramos Vinolas in the first round (6-3, 6-4) and in the second the Australian – world number 32 – Jordan Thompson (5-7, 6-4, 7-5). As mentioned, the Russian has never faced Sinner, but he has been the nightmare of other Italian tennis players at the start of the season.
Kotov and 2024 against the Italians
In fact, he has a record of nine wins and eight defeats in 2024 and four of those nine successes have come against Italian tennis players in five matches: beaten Sonego in Doha, Musetti in Hong Kong, while it is 1-1 against Cobolli who defeated the Russian at the Australian Open, but then surrendered on the red clay of Marrakech where, moreover, Kotov also defeated Fognini to the quarter-finals. In short, Sinner is warned. If Jannik goes through he could have another derby. This time he is with Cobolli, who challenges Khachanov, number 16 in the world.
