Novak Djokovic beats Jannik Sinner to make profitable return at Monte Carlo

Novak Djokovic produced a scientific 6-4, 6-2 win over up-and-coming Jannik Sinner on the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday, making a profitable return to clay.
Facing a stern check in his first aggressive match since his record-extending ninth win on the Australian Open, the two-time Monte Carlo champion eased into his clay-court routine to achieve the third spherical and enhance his unbeaten report this season to 10-0.
After dropping his serve early, the top-ranked Djokovic received 4 straight video games to take management of the match.
Sinner, who arrived in Monte Carlo on the again of a runner-up end at Miami, saved two match factors however was too typically placed on the again foot by Djokovic’s mixture of baseline assaults and refined drop pictures. The 19-year-old Sinner bowed out on a double fault and Djokovic hit a complete of 20 winners.
The clay-court match is again on the calendar with no followers attending after it was canceled final yr due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Defending champion Fabio Fognini additionally superior to the third spherical with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Jordan Thompson. Also, Casper Ruud earned his second high 10 victory with a 6-3, 6-3 victory in opposition to ninth-seeded Diego Schwartzman.
Djokovic, who beat Rafael Nadal within the 2013 last and received the match once more in 2015, might face the Spaniard in Sunday’s last. Nadal, who seeks a record-extending twelfth title right here, was scheduled to tackle Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis later Wednesday.