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Injury drama: Sinner in Wimbledon further after the task
Jannik Sinner fights with pain on the elbow in the round of 16 of Wimbledon and is about to get out. But then his opponent injures himself.
The most tennis world list Jannik Sinner in Wimbledon, despite a clear deficit after a violation of his opponent Grigor Dimitrow, reached the quarter-finals. The 23 -year -old Italian fought with a blessing on the right elbow, but at 3: 6, 5, 2: 2 from Sinner’s point of view, the Bulgarian had to give up.
After his serve to win the game in the third set, Dimitrov went to his knees with a face -frowned face and held his right breast with his left hand. Sinner hurried to the side of his opponent and asked about his condition. Dimitrow went into the cabin for treatment, returned a short time later, gave up and could hardly raise his arm to shake hands with the referee.
Jannik Sinner feels with Grigor Dimitrow
“I don’t know what to say. He is an incredible player,” said Sinner in an interview on the pitch. “He has had so much misfortune in the past few years, he is a friend of mine. He deserves to play in the next round. I hope he will recover quickly.” Dimitrow had to give up in series at the fifth Grand Slam tournament.
Sinner can continue to hope for his first final participation in the classic lawn. The South Tyrolean now meets the American Ben Shelton, who defeated Sinner’s compatriot Lorenzo Sonego in four sets.
Sinner slips and injures himself
Sinner himself had slipped in front of the eyes of tennis legend Roger Federer in the first game of the match and had slightly stretched out the elbow. At the stand of 2: 3 in the second set, the South Tyrolean was treated and swallowed several tablets.
The 34 -year -old Dimitrov got an almost perfect start and also opened in the second round of the set win. Sinner managed his only break of the game, Dimitrow was able to answer directly and was 2-0 in front.
First the roof is closed, then Dimitrov gives up
After a twelve -minute break, in which the roof above the Center Court was closed due to the dawn, it continued under floodlights. There Dimitrow continued to show a strong performance – until he injured himself.
On the way to the round of 16, Sinner had not given a sentence and only 17 games in total. With this he had undercut the record in the Wimbledon history of the men’s profit tennis by Federer, 19.
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