Vienna
Sinner notches quickest win of 2025 in Vienna opener
Medvedev, Berrettini additionally document wins at ATP 500 occasion
October 22, 2025
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Jannik Sinner received the Vienna title in his final look on the ATP 500 occasion in 2023.
By Jerome Coombe
Jannik Sinner kick-started his Erste Financial institution Open marketing campaign in putting trend on Wednesday, when he soared previous Daniel Altmaier 6-0, 6-2 to document his quickest victory of 2025.
The highest seed and 2023 Vienna champion overwhelmed Altmaier from the outset together with his heavy ballstriking and imposing tempo, racing to the end in simply 58 minutes. Sinner, who was compelled to retire from the third spherical of his Shanghai title defence earlier this month, prolonged his successful streak on indoor exhausting courts to 17 matches.
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“I really feel like within the first set the whole lot was working very effectively,” mentioned Sinner. “On indoor courts, it’s a must to be very cautious. In case your opponent begins to serve effectively, it’s very tough to interrupt. However I’m very completely satisfied about right now’s efficiency, beginning the match in a really constructive approach, not solely gamewise however feeling smart.”
Sinner’s earlier quickest win of the season got here in his opener in Cincinnati, the place he blitzed Daniel Elahi Galan in 59 minutes. In opposition to Altmaier on the ATP 500 occasion in Vienna, the 24-year-old Italian hit 19 winners to simply seven unforced errors and didn’t face a break level, in line with Infosys ATP Stats.
After enhancing to 29-0 within the opening rounds since Cincinnati in 2023, Sinner will subsequent meet countryman Flavio Cobolli, who moved previous Tomas Machac 7-6(6), 6-2.
Final week’s Almaty champion Daniil Medvedev overcame Nuno Borges 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-2 to maintain alive his late-season push to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals. After letting slip two match factors within the second-set tie-break, Medvedev regrouped in spectacular trend to start his title bid in Vienna, the place he final lifted the trophy in 2022.
The previous Nitto ATP Finals champion is thirteenth within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Turin and will meet eighth-placed Lorenzo Musetti in a blockbuster quarter-final conflict in Vienna. First, Medvedev faces a rematch of the Almaty ultimate towards Corentin Moutet, who earlier eased previous qualifier Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-0.
Matteo Berrettini, the 2019 Vienna semi-finalist, opened centre courtroom motion on Wednesday with a 7-6(5), 6-3 win over Alexei Popyrin. Standing within the Italian’s approach of a fourth consecutive quarter-final on the ATP 500 occasion is Cameron Norrie, whom he leads 2-0 of their Lexus ATP Head2Head collection.
