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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nIt was clear from the outset that Michelsen was intent on taking the play to Sinner, and the SoCal native did so in style, matching blows with the four-time major champion as he navigated the first 10 games without surrendering a break.<\/p>\n
Most Consecutive Sets Won, Masters 1000 EventsPlayerStreakStartEndJannik Sinner282025 Paris 3RActiveNovak Djokovic242016 Indian Wells 2R2016 Monte-Carlo 2RCarlos Alcaraz212023 Indian Wells 2R2023 Miami SFNovak Djokovic192014 Paris 2R2015 Indian Wells FinalAndy Murray182016 Rome 2R2016 Cincinnati FinalJannik Sinner182024 Shanghai 3R2025 Rome SF<\/p>\n
But Sinner, being Sinner, held his ground and eventually struck, earning the critical break for 6-5 before closing out the opening set with a comfortable hold.<\/p>\n
Would that be the end of Michelsen?<\/p>\n
Far from it.<\/p>\n
The World No. 40 redoubled his efforts, breaking for a 4-2 lead and backing it up with a hold for 5-2 in the second set. But Sinner clawed his way back, holding and then breaking as sun rays slanted into Hard Rock Stadium, creating tricky conditions for both players.<\/p>\n
With the sun clearly bothering Michelsen, Sinner seized control. He broke back for 4-5, then quickly levelled for 5-all. The Italian then played inspired tennis in the tiebreak to close out the match in one hour and 41 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt like the serve helped me quite a lot today, especially in important moments and in the tie-break,\u201d Sinner said on court. \u201cAt the same time, I know that if I want to go far in this tournament, I have to improve from the back of the court.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sinner admitted the conditions were a challenge after playing under the lights the night before.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s completely different conditions to last night, so I\u2019m happy how I fought. It was very close,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s a tough opponent, so I\u2019m very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sinner will face Terence Atmane or Frances Tiafoe in the quarterfinals as he bids for a second Miami title\u2014and a shot at completing the Sunshine Double.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner was put under pressure early and often by 21-year-old American Alex Michelsen on Tuesday in Miami,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-558555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}