Sinner beats Bonzi in three sets at Madrid Open

World No 1 Jannik Sinner opened his ATP Madrid Masters campaign with a 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-4 win over qualifier Benjamin Bonzi on the Manolo Santana clay. The top seed dropped a tight first-set tiebreak, then took control in sets two and three to move through the Round of 64. He won 18 games to 12 and finished with a clear edge in nearly every key tennis stat.

Slow start, quick reset

Bonzi pinched the opener in a 6-8 tiebreak, helped by saving all five break points he faced in the first set. Sinner’s serve was already solid, with 3 aces and 100% points won behind his second serve in that set, but the margins in the breaker were small.

From there, Sinner flipped the momentum. The second set sped by 6-1, and he closed it out 6-4 in the third, keeping the rallies under control on red clay.

Serve holds, return bites

Sinner did not face a single break point all match and held all 15 of his service games. He hammered 10 aces to Bonzi’s 4 and limited errors with only 1 double fault. Across the match he won 85% of points behind his first serve and 69% behind his second.

The return numbers told the other half of the story. Sinner won 31% of points returning Bonzi’s first serve and 48% against the second. In the second set alone he took 40% of first-serve return points and 77% on second-serve returns, then kept the pressure at 43% on first-serve returns in the decider.

Numbers that told the story

Total points favored Sinner 100 to 77, including 65 on serve and 35 on return. He put together the longest surge with 8 points in a row and won a maximum of 5 games consecutively. Bonzi landed 69% of first serves but won only 68% of those points and 52% on second serve, adding 3 double faults under pressure.

The French qualifier battled hard, saving 5 of 7 break points faced, but Sinner’s consistency on clay proved decisive. The top seed’s clean serving and timely returning were the difference over the final two sets.

Madrid context and where to follow

This victory sends Sinner from the Round of 64 into the Round of 32 at the ATP Madrid Masters. The match was played on red clay at Manolo Santana in Madrid.

Fans can revisit the matchup on Sofascore for the full stat breakdown and global highlights, plus live tennis scores throughout the Madrid Open.