The world number 1 is expected

Sinner begins his first tournament as world number 1 and the draw is not easy to begin with!

Not easy because Griekspoor is an excellent player, comfortable on grass as well, and he already started his season on grass last week too. Where Sinner is going to find himself on this first lap, Griekspoor arrives with benchmarks. The Dutchman had a lot of pressure in Hertogenbosh because he was defending his title at home and had to be there because of the sponsors. All week we felt he was in trouble, manhandled, but he overturned several matches, great for confidence. It's a huge challenge that awaits him in Halle, he will have to raise his level of play but the pressure will be non-existent this time. He has nothing to lose and will play relaxed, opposite Sinner is making his comeback on grass and has not yet performed in Halle, last year he dropped a set in R1 against Gasquet then another in R2 against Sonego, maybe if it's takeable it's tomorrow or never.