Sinner spoke out about the difficulty Jodar faced from his late-night finish against Fonseca, a result that indirectly led to tournament organizers assigning the top seed a rare 11 a.m. start on Tuesday.
“Jodar is a very, very clean hitter, very easy power,” Sinner said of Jodar after his third-round victory on Sunday. “You can hear with the sound, you know, when he touches it, and it’s a good sound coming from the racquet. He’s very, very talented. He’s going to be a great, great player in the future, and he’s already showing. I like the mentality, it’s quite calm. I don’t know him personally, but he seems very humble. So, yeah, he’s a very, very good player, and I wish him only the best.”
Jodar and Sinner will face off for the first time on Wednesday.
