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Sinner surrenders two video games in ruthless Indian Wells victory

Italian subsequent faces Shapovalov

March 07, 2026

Jannik Sinner was relentless in his opening efficiency on the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, dispatching Czech qualifier Dalibor Svrcina 6-1, 6-1.

Searching for his first Indian Wells trophy, the second seed overwhelmed Svrcina with heavy ballstriking and imposing tempo en path to a 64-minute victory.

“I really feel mentally I’m in a very good place,” mentioned Sinner, who was competing for the primary time since his Doha defeat to Jakub Mensik. “I’m calm, I’m relaxed. However I’m additionally very joyful to compete. We did lots of work. Many, many hours on courtroom. Many hours within the gymnasium. I’m making an attempt to get slightly bit stronger [physically]. We did double periods, not many days off in any respect.”

Sinner’s greatest outcome within the California desert is a semi-final run in 2023 and 2024. Ought to the 24-year-old triumph this fortnight, he would full the set of titles in any respect six hard-court ATP Masters 1000 occasions.

Sinner performed tight to the baseline and compelled Svrcina to take a deep courtroom place, permitting the Italian alternatives to maneuver ahead and end factors at internet. He transformed 15 of his 17 internet factors, in response to Infosys ATP Stats.

From 1-1 within the opening set, Sinner tallied 9 consecutive video games earlier than Svrcina gained one other recreation. The 24-time tour-level titlist, who’s 5 victories shy of his one hundredth ATP Masters 1000 match win, improved to 8-2 this season.

The No. 2 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings subsequent faces Canadian Denis Shapovalov, who ousted twenty ninth seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(5). The lefty crushed 43 winners towards the Argentine and got here to internet 22 occasions, changing 15 of these factors.

Sinner and Shapovalov are tied at 1-1 of their Lexus ATP Head2Head collection. Sinner downed the Canadian in 4 units eventually 12 months’s US Open. Shapovalov gained their five-set conflict on the 2021 Australian Open.