Sinner wins first match back since Australian Open with ease

Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, advanced to the second round of the Rotterdam Open by defeating Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 6-3 at the Rotterdam Ahoy on Wednesday evening.

The Italian was playing in his first match since winning his maiden Grand Slam at the Australian Open in January. With Sinner having been in red-hot form the past four months, many were curious to see how the 22-year-old responded to getting the Major monkey off his back this year.

It was business as usual for Sinner in Rotterdam, as he dispatched former world No 22 van de Zandschulp in clinical fashion. He looked in as devastating form as ever, plundering 17 winners and breaking van de Zandschulp three times in the one hour, 27 minute match.

Sinner, ranked No 4, will face French wildcard Gael Monfils next.

Rotterdam ATP 500, other first-round results (Rotterdam Ahoy, hard, EUR 2.134.985, most recent results first):

• Holger Rune (3) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
• Grigor Dimitrov (6) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Ugo Humbert (7): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3
• Gael Monfils beat Denis Shapovalov (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
• Hubert Hurkacz (4) beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-3, 6-7 (9), 7-6 (9)
• Andrey Rublev (2) beat Zizou Bergs (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Alex De Minaur (5) beat Sebastian Korda: 6-4, 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics beat Fabian Marozsan: 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Zhizhen Zhang: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Alexander Bublik (8) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-4
• Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Maxime Cressy (Q): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8)
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Lorenzo Musetti: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)
• Milos Raonic beat Jesper De Jong (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• David Goffin (Q) beat Dino Prizmic (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-1