Melbourne upset
Referee sends Sinner and Rune to the dressing room
World number one Jannik Sinner plagued his way into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday. A half-hour interruption due to a network problem caused some excitement ...
The South Tyrolean defeated Holger Rune from Denmark 6:3, 3:6, 6:3, 6:2 and can hope to defend his title in Melbourne. At the beginning of the fourth set, the umpire sent both players to the dressing rooms because the bracket connecting the net to the ground gave up the ghost.
Several attempts to anchor the screw back into the ground failed because the thread was apparently broken. Sinner and Rune had to wait around half an hour before they could finally get going again.
"That happens maybe once in 500 matches. The interruption was very long," said Rune after the match. Afterwards, Sinner spoke of a break that had done him a lot of good.
Sinner struggled across the court
The South Tyrolean had visibly struggled beforehand, including taking a medical time-out. "I didn't warm up before the match because I didn't feel well in the morning. I then also played against myself a little," Sinner admitted.
The time-out had ultimately done him good. "We did a few checks. The doctor gave me something and when I came back, my face color was back," said the world number one, who had previously looked very pale on the court.
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