Sinner sets Medvedev clash in Vienna with victory over Francisco Cerundolo
Jannik Sinner won against Francisco Cerundolo 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday evening. He’ll play Russian Daniil Medvedev, the top seed, in the next round
Jannik Sinner at the 2022 US Open (Antoine Couvercelle/Panoramic)
Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 6 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Vienna Open by winning against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo 7-5, 6-3 at the Wiener Stadthalle on Thursday evening.
Sinner, ranked No 12, will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the top seed, next.
Medvedev holds the 3-0 lifetime edge over Sinner, winning their last match in a third-set tiebreak at the 2021 ATP Finals in Turin.
Sinner reaches his 10th quarter-final of the season and improves to 28-8 on hard courts (47-14 overall).
Ahead of his victory, the 21-year-old Italian beat Chilean Cristian Garin (6-3, 6-2).
Cerundolo, ranked No 29, defeated Austrian wildcard Filip Misolic (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Vienna.
Vienna ATP 500, other second-round results (Wiener Stadthalle, EUR 2.349.180, most recent results first):
- Borna Coric vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: thursday
- Daniil Medvedev beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-3
- Hubert Hurkacz (5) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev vs. Grigor Dimitrov: thursday
- Marcos Giron beat Cameron Norrie (7): 6-3, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Taylor Fritz (4): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
- Daniel Evans beat Karen Khachanov: 6-2, 6-2
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