Jannik Sinner started his clay court season in sparkling fashion as the red-hot Italian crushed Sebastian Korda 6-1 6-2 at the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday.
After dominating on hard courts in Australia, Rotterdam and Miami already this season, Italian Sinner impressed in all aspects of his game on the red dirt, winning 95 per cent of points behind his first serve to advance after 76 minutes. Sinner, who hit several stunning winners against Korda, will next play Jan-Lennard Struff after the German defeated Borna Coric to earn his 200th tour-level win.
'He is probably the best player from the baseline when you give him rhythm, so I tried to change the pace, height and spin and I think it worked really well for me today.' Popyrin will face fellow Australian Alex de Minaur next, after the 11th seed beat Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor 2-6 6-2 6-3. Two-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, the 12th seed, also reached the third round after crushing Tomas Etcheverry of Argentina 6-1 6-0 and will next face German fifth seed Alexander Zverev.
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