World No1 Jannik Sinner’s Australian Open match suspended for 20 MINUTES after never-before-seen incident
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JANNICK Sinner's match against Holger Rune at the Australian Open was suspended for 20 MINUTES after a never-before-seen incident. The World No1's fast serve broke the net and left the court floor under it chipped as organisers rushed to fixed it. After a dramatic third set, Sinner and Rune were both trying to settle things down at the beginning of the fourth.
![[Officials inspecting a broken tennis net.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/officials-attend-broken-net-fourth-965199034.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Trailing 1-0 in the final set, Sinner broke the bolt beneath the net with his defaulted serve. Net bolts consist of two parts - one attached to a strap that is wrapped around the net and the other is screwed into the court. Sinner's hit had snapped the part based into the floor, which caused a huge delay.
![[Tennis player wiping their face with a towel.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000965189498.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Commentator Arvind Palmer said: "The net has gone there. That's properly broken. I think both players will be happy with the break here, more time to recover.". Cameras showed the bolt uprooted from the hard floor as several staff members hurried in to twist it back in, but struggled.
![[Person wiping their face with a towel.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000965189516_5c7f81.jpg?strip=all&w=840)
Sinner, 23, used the time to sit down in the shade and wipe his face with a towel in the blazing Melbourne heat, before the players were told to leave the court by tournament ref Wayne McKewen. The net was fixed after staff drilled a new housing for the bolt.
![[Holger Rune of Denmark returning a tennis ball during a match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/no-archiving-editorial-use-credit-965186905.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. The defending Aussie Open champion and Rune returned for a quick warm-up just over 21 minutes later. Sinner, who was 2-1 up in sets against the world No13, went onto win the match after claiming the fourth set 6-2.
