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Sinner serves up impressive win over Machac on return to action in Doha
Gulf Today
|February 18, 2026
Jannik Sinner cruised to victory over Tomas Machac in the opening round of the Qatar Open on Monday in his first match since his unsuccessful Australian Open title defence.
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The world number two eased past the 31st-ranked Czech 6-1, 6-4 to set up a second-round meeting with Alexei Popyrin in Doha, where Carlos Alcaraz is the top seed this week.
It was a convincing return to action for Sinner after his semifinal loss to Novak Djokovic at Melbourne Park last month.
"Physically I feel good," the 24-year-old said. "Every match is going to get tougher, so hopefully I will be ready for the next one."
Sinner raced through the first set in under half an hour but Machac improved in the second.
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