Not only is Jannik Sinner playing for Wimbledon, he doesn’t seem to be in the way of help. Still, he got some on Saturday when his opponent, Pedro Martinez, was dealing with the problematic shoulders that compromised his serve.
No. 1 ranked Sinner has dropped a total of 17 matches so far, reaching the fourth round of seven consecutive Grand Slam tournaments. He collected three such trophies.
“We all saw him struggling,” Sinner said, remarking on his own form: “The first week wouldn’t have been good.”
Thinner has yet to drop serves in the three opening matches, and the 17 games he admitted are the fewest men’s seed at Wimbledon, making its second week since the opening era began in 1968.
After last month’s French Open final, there were some indications of zero incompetence on the part of the sinners. He lost to Carlos Alcaraz in five sets despite winning the first two and three championship points.
Against Martinez, the sinner rose 5-0 after 20 minutes. During that 29-point stretch, Martinez managed one winner and Thinner accumulated 10.
That’s when Martinez gets a medical timeout and the trainer massages the back of his right shoulder. The Spaniards were initially offered at a slower speed of 76 mph, compared to the highest thinner value of 133 mph.
That aspect of Martinez’s game gradually improved, but the only conspiracy moment of Centre Court so far was in the second set in about 75 minutes, with the sinner taking a break and serving 4-3. There, Martinez scored the first four breakpoints of the match.
Thinner remained as calm as possible – “I don’t think this match changed the expression of thinner once,” John McEnroe observed on the BBC television broadcast, quelling all four opportunities held 5-3 and finishing the set.
Soon, the thinner – the Australian Open Champion, former US Open Champion and Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2023 – was heading for a contest with Grigor Dimitrov or Sebastian Ofner on Monday.
The sinner makes his 17th and fourth appearance in the slum, passing Nicola Pietlangeli the most in the history of tennis by Italian men
No in the results of other men’s singles on Saturday. 22 Flavio Koboli won his debut trip to the 16 major rounds, beating No. 15 Jakub Mensik 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
ESPN research and Associated Press contributed to this report.