Sinner returns with a victory, defeating Norrie in straight sets

Jannik Sinner returned with a victory

on the grass of the Hurlingham Club in London Wednesday after

his shock collapse while on the brink of victory against world

number 56 Juan Manuel Cerundolo of Argentina in the last 16 of

the Paris Open on May 28.

The world No. 1 defeated Briton Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-3, in an

exhibition match at the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic, which is

a stepping stone to Wimbledon, starting next Monday.

The South Tyrolean, 24, who had been odds-on favourite at Roland

Garros and was one game away from beating Cerundolo before he

ran out of gas and suffered dizziness in the Paris heat, is also

favourite to retain his Wimbledon title due to the

injury-enforced absence of his great rival Carlos Alcaraz of

Spain.

Sinner had a barrage of tests at Milan's San Raffaele Hospital

last week and has been cleared as fit to compete in South-West

London, possibly wearing a cooling vest between games.

Sinner has four grand slam titles to the seven claimed by

23-year-old Alcaraz, who missed Paris and is missing Wimbledon

with a wrist injury.

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