Tennis: 2020 starts badly, Sinner out at the Challenger Canberra

Jannik Sinner's 2020 starts with a defeat. The 18-year-old Italian tennis player was in fact eliminated at his debut in the Apis Canberra International, an ATP challenger tournament with a prize pool of 162,480 dollars that is being played on the concrete of Bendigo, Australia, where he was moved due to the fires that for days they are ravaging Canberra and other areas of the country. The South Tyrolean, number 78 in the world ranking and third seeded, was defeated by the Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori, number 121 Atp, 20 year old from Helsinki, another next gen, who imposed himself for 6-3 6-4 in just over one hour of play. Andreas Seppi, second favorite of seeding, will also make his debut in the second round tomorrow: the 35-year-old from Caldaro will challenge the Chinese Zhe Li, number 209 Atp, fished out as lucky loser.