In the second round of the ATP 500 by Halle Jannik Sinner, seeded and world number 1, will face the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan: on the major circuit there are no precedents between the twoWhile the Hungarian also beat the world number 2, Carlos Alcaraz, in his careeralthough he did so on the beaten earth.
Only one precedent between Sinner and Marozsan, dating back to January 2018practically a tennis era ago, in second round of the ITF $15,000 Egypt F2 Futures qualifierswhen on outdoor concrete the Magyar imposed himself however 4-6 6-2 6-1. A precedent that will have no weight in the second round match.
The Hungarian also has a career beat Carlos Alcaraz, in Rome in 2020, winning in the round of 32 6-3 7-6 (4)but the Spaniard has made a comeback this year in the Indian Wells round of 16 with a double 6-3. The two, however, never faced each other grasssurface on which the Hungarian he exited at Wimbledon 2023 in the first round, after being drawn back as a lucky loserand it has lost on debut in Stuttgart last week.
Sinner in the round of 16 in Halle: “I played good tennis. No. 1 is a big number, but…”
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