Masters Tournament in Rome
Ofner wins his opening match and will now face Sinner
Professional tennis player Sebastian Ofner has earned his first matchup against world No. 1 Jannik Sinner on the ATP Tour. The Styrian defeated American Alex Michelsen 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday at the Masters clay-court tournament in Rome and will face the top Italian star in the second round on Saturday.
Sinner had recently won the Masters events in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, and Madrid. In Rome, he received a bye in the first round.
In his match against Michelsen, Ofner secured an early break. The 29-year-old then confidently held onto this advantage and broke the world No. 42’s serve once more to take the set 6-3. At the start of the second set, Ofner squandered three break points, but he capitalized on his next opportunity to make it 4-2. Immediately afterward, Austria’s number one fended off Michelsen’s only break point, extended his lead to 5-2 with some effort, and finally served out the match after 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Here are the match statistics:
“It’s going to be really awesome”
“I think that was a pretty good performance. I actually feel very comfortable here,” said Ofner after his successful opening match. As a reward, the world No. 82 will face the ultimate test against Sinner at the Foro Italico. “I know it’s going to be pretty tough, but we’ll see what happens. It’s going to be really awesome on what’s sure to be a packed Center Court. Playing against Sinner in Italy—that’s going to be a really awesome experience; I’m super excited.”
Ofner has already played Sinner once at the Challenger level; in 2019 in Ortisei in Val Gardena, he lost the final to the then-teenager on hard court in two sets.
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