Jannik Sinner qualified for the round of 16 of the Indian Wells Masters 1000 tournament, for the third year in a row, beating the French Adrian Mannarino (n.68 Atp) in straight sets (7-6, 6-4).
In the next round, the South Tyrolean will face the 37-year-old Swiss Stan Wawrinka, who defeated the young Norwegian Holger Rune (6-2, 6-7, 7-5) in three sets.
"I can be proud of myself, I had a lot of patience today and that was what was needed - Sinner said after the match, according to Supertennis.tv -. Mannarino is very difficult to deal with, he is left-footed and plays in a way that some of his opponents don't like it. I'm happy with the win, but I have to raise the level."
"Stan and I know each other very well - continued the blue, who also trained with Wawrinka before his debut in the Californian tournament -. It will certainly be a difficult match. He's playing very well, he feels great confidence again, he won some good matches. Let's hope it's a good match."
Between the two, the balance of direct comparisons and on two equals, but Sinner won the last one, a month ago in Rotterdam