Monte Carlo, Sinner beats Rublev in comeback and flies to the quarters

Jannik Sinner qualifies for the quarter-finals of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Montecarlo (clay, € 5,415,410 prize money). The twenty-year-old South Tyrolean, number 12 in the world and 9 in seeding, overtakes the 24-year-old Russian Andrey Rublev, number 8 in the ATP ranking and fifth-seeded, with a score of 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 in two hours and 22 minutes. Sinner will face German Alexander Zverev, number 3 in the world and 2 on the Monegasque draw, in the quarterfinals tomorrow.