{"id":25931,"date":"2026-02-16T19:57:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/qatar-open-jannik-sinner-wins-first-match-since-australian-open\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:57:56","slug":"qatar-open-jannik-sinner-wins-first-match-since-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/qatar-open-jannik-sinner-wins-first-match-since-australian-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Open: Jannik Sinner wins first match since Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"


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World number two Jannik Sinner enjoyed a comfortable victory in his first match since losing to Novak Djokovic in the <\/b>Australian Open semi-finals.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

The Italian claimed a straight-set win over the Czech Republic’s Tomas Machac at the Qatar Open in Doha on Monday.<\/p>\n

Sinner won 6-1 6-4 – wrapping up the first set in 27 minutes – and was then interviewed by former England footballer Rio Ferdinand.<\/p>\n

Sinner will face Australia’s Alexei Popyrin in the last 16, with the world number 53 having beaten local favourite Mubarak Shannan Zayid 6-0 6-2.<\/p>\n

Sixth seed Jakub Mensik is also through to the last 16 having come from behind to beat Great Britain’s Jan Choinski.<\/p>\n

After losing a first-set tie-break to the world number 124, the Czech number one recovered to win 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 6-4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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