Jannik Sinner is a fan of Mark Rylance and his endless hat doffing and candlelit politicking? We could be wrapped up in time for Wolf Hall’s long anticipated return here. As I type that the big man prangs an easy backhand wide to let de Minaur off the hook. Rylance’s Cromwell would never do such a thing. This is all getting a bit Alan Partridge. de Minaur hangs in there and holds, the DJ cranks the Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams. Alan is that you?ongoing doping dispute still lingers and threatens to take the shine off a gilded twelve months that has already seen him confirmed as the number one ranked player in the men’s game come the end of the year.
Tonight’s opponent is Aussie Alex de Minaur, prince of the punishing rally and a dogged defender of the baseline who is capable of pilfering points against anyone on his day. He’ll need to be at his best to take down Sinner this evening, their ATP head to head reads seven to zilch in favour of the Italian.
We’ll get into all that and more over the next few hours, drop me a line at the email on the left tramline of this page if you are tuning in, I’ll be glad of your thwick thwocking thoughts and theories.
The match is due to start at 7.30pm GMT (ish).
Source: theguardian.com
