Madrid (AFP) – The world No. 1, Jannik Sinner, defeated the British Cameron Norrie (23rd) 6-2, 7-5 to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters 1000 this Tuesday.

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In the quarterfinals, Sinner will face the winner of the duel between the Czech Vit Kopriva (66th) and the young and promising Spaniard Rafael Jódar (42nd).

The Italian, who had lost a set in the second round against the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, largely dominated the first set against Norrie, but had some more difficulty in the second, although he ended up winning in 1 hour and 26 minutes.

Sinner is competing in Madrid for the fourth time in his career and aims to reach the semi-finals for the first time in the Spanish capital.

After the match, the tall tennis player from San Candido suggested to the tournament organizers that they rethink the scheduling of matches to avoid continuing to play at dawn, as Rafael Jódar had to do in the third round on Sunday.

Sinner explained that he had been scheduled for the first shift this Tuesday on the Manolo Santana court so that Jódar, his possible next opponent, could play in the afternoon and thus give the Spaniard time to recover from his three-set victory over Brazilian Joao Fonseca in a match that ended at 1:00 in the morning on Monday.

"I don't remember the last time I played at 11. But for me the time doesn't matter. I try to do my best. There was the question of whether it was going to be me or Jódar who played at 4:00 p.m. But I think it's fair that he plays at four, because he finished very, very late," explained Sinner.

"But at the same time, I feel that we have to make some adjustments in the day's programming. Two games that start at 8 in the afternoon is very late," he said.

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