Sinner-Hanfmann 3-3 live, Halle tournament round of 16 up for grabs
Jannik Sinner is back on the court. The world number 1 makes his debut on grass in Halle, Germany, in the tournament where he is the defending champion. His first opponent is the German Yannick Hanfmann .
Sinner ahead 6-5
Sinner keeps his service game at love, two more solid first serves for the Italian: 6-5 in the first set.
Sinner Hanfmann 5-5
Another very solid game on Hanfmann's serve. The German concedes only one 15 to Sinner and moves to 5-all.
Sinner holds serve
Sinner gives up the first point of the game but then scores four in a row – including the 4th ace – to hold serve. The backhand passing shot down the line is beautiful, with which the Italian goes up 5-4.
Hanfmann doesn't give up: 4-4
Hanfmann doesn't give up. Another very positive game from the German who, at 30 all, scores a backhand winner after an excellent first serve and then closes with a smash: 4-4.
Sinner Hanfmann 4-3
Sinner for the first time at advantage on his service game. The Italian makes two mistakes with his backhand and once with his forehand, on 40 all Hanfmann fails to control a good second serve by Jannik who then closes the game with a forehand winner: 4-3.
Sinner Hanfmann 3-3
From 30-0 Sinner comes back to 30-30 with a smash and a return winner, Hanfmann reacts and places an ace and a service winner to even the score: 3-3.
Sinner ahead 3-2
Sinner quickly goes up 40-0 (beautiful backhand down the line), leaves a 15 to his opponent and then closes with the first ace of his match: 3-2
Game to nil for Hanfmann
Hanfmann holds the service game to love. The German is also very solid on serve (80% of first serves) and closes the game with a beautiful drop shot: 2-2
Sinner Hanfmann 2-1
Sinner very solid on serve, three more excellent first serves offset two errors by the world number 1 who goes up 2-1 in the first set.
Hanfmann saves a break point
Hanfmann saves a break point and holds his service game. Sinner at 30-40 gets a break point for 2-0 but the German with a first serve winner and a drop shot takes the lead and then closes on an error by the Italian: 1-1
Sinner wins the first game
The first game is Sinner's. The world number one is very solid on serve, 1-0 against Hanfmann.
Sinner-Hanfmann on the way
The match begins, Sinner serves
On the field
Sinner and Hanfmann are on the pitch warming up.
Cobolli in the eighths
Flavio Cobolli , world number 24, qualified for the round of 16 of the Halle tournament by beating Brazilian Joao Fonseca , ranked 54, in three sets 5-7, 7-6(3), 7-6(8). In the round of 16, Cobolli will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Humbert and Canadian Shapovalov.
Results, Rublev goes ahead
Andrey Rublev (Rus/4) b. Sebastian Ofner (Auth) 6-3, 6-4; Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Arg) b. Pedro Martinez (Spa) 6-1, 6-3; Tomas Machac (Cze/7) b. Jesper De Jong (Ned) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
The precedents between Sinner and Hanfmann
Sinner is ahead 2-0 in their previous matches against Hanfmann. Both matches were played in Grand Slam events: at the 2023 US Open Sinner won easily (6-3, 6-1, 6-1) while last year at Wimbledon he had to struggle a bit before prevailing 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Sinner's opponent
Sinner's first opponent is the German Yannick Hanfmann , world number 138, coming from the qualifications where he got rid of Nishioka (6-4, 6-1) and then Jarry (6-3, 6-3). The 33-year-old from Karlsruhe has already packed 5 matches on grass into his bag, given that last week he also passed the qualifications in Stuttgart where he was stopped in the first round (7-5, 6-4) by Fucsovics.
Sinner returns to the field
Nine days after losing in the Roland Garros final in the fifth set against Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner is back on the court. The world number 1 is playing in Halle , Germany, where he is the defending champion. It is the seasonal debut on grass for the 23-year-old from Alto Adige, who will prepare for the Wimbledon tournament in Germany.
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