Rotterdam Open: Sinner into final againt Medvedev after Griekspoor test

Italian Jannik Sinner advanced to the final of the Rotterdam Open by defeating Dutch wildcard Tallon Griekspoor 7-5, 7-6 (5) in what turned out to be a very close match at the Rotterdam Ahoy on Saturday.

Sinner, ranked No 14, will play Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 6 seed, for the title.

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Sinner extended his current unbeaten run to seven matches following his title in Montpellier last week, and is now into his second career ATP 500 final. He won the first – at Washington, in 2021, where he became the first teenager to win a tournament at that level.

The 21-year-old Italian won against Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (6-2, 3-6, 6-1), Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the top seed (6-4, 6-3) and Swiss Stan Wawrinka (6-1, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

Griekspoor is the first Dutchman to reach the semi-finals in Rotterdam for almost a decade – since Igor Sijsling in 2014. He could not, however, replicate the achievement of his former coach Raemon Sluiter by reaching the final – as the older man did back in 2003.

In the previous rounds of the Rotterdam tournament, Griekspoor, ranked No 61, won against Swede qualifier Mikael Ymer (7-6 (7), 7-5), German Alexander Zverev, the No 8 seed (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) and wildcard Gijs Brouwer (6-4, 6-4).

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