Clinical Jannik Sinner cruises into Roland Garros second round with ruthless victory

[p]The 24-year-old needed just over two hours to beat the French wildcard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/sinner-j-6HdC3z4H/tabur-c-fHPZtbgE/?mid=dOYtfFWH"]6-1, 6-3, 6-4[/a].[/p][p]It was a 30th straight win for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Sinner[/a] and showed his challengers, if they were in any doubt, that the red-hot Italian is focused on continuing his streak as he seeks to complete his career Grand Slam.[/p][p]After winning all three clay-court Masters 1000 events in the run-up to Roland Garros, Sinner appears to have cracked the code to victory on the red dirt.[/p][p]Without double-reigning champion and world number two [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] in the draw in Paris, it is hard to see beyond Sinner lifting the Coupe des Mousquetaires for the first time come the men's final on June 7th.[/p][embed guid="4a9a6318-0ec1-49f8-9f2f-b5cd4a0896a5" url="https://x.com/rolandgarros/status/2059377057465839922" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]I'm very happy to be back here, it's a very very special place[/b]," Sinner said.[/p][p]"[b]First-round matches they are never easier but (it's) even more special to start the tournament in a night session[/b]."[/p][p]Sinner's last appearance on Court Philippe Chatrier was during the French Open title match last year, but if he had any jitters about returning to the site of that epic five-set loss, in which he passed up three championship points, it did not show.[/p][p]The San Candido native raced out of the blocks on centre court as he wrapped up the first set for the loss of just one game in 30 minutes.[/p][p]World number 171 Tabur stuck doggedly to his task to the appreciation of the home crowd, but Sinner's groundstrokes were too powerful and accurate as he pummelled his way into a two-set lead.[/p][p]Sinner had to dig deep in his first service game of the third set before immediately breaking to close in on victory.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="c7aefcdf-99f8-4c31-a3d2-339e026b20e8" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="d1cafd74-e69e-4871-9df3-56130132b75c" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]After an uncharacteristically sloppy volley on his first match point, Sinner passed up two more before finally winning behind his own serve in the next game.[/p][p]He will meet Argentinian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cerundolo-juan-manuel/A93TM7BR/"]Juan Manuel Cerundolo[/a] in the second round.[/p]