Wimbledon, Sinner beats Wawrinka and goes to the 2nd round

Jannik Sinner wins his first victory on grass in a main draw and does it at the right time, in the first round of the Grand Slam that had never given him satisfaction. Jannik beats Stan Wawrinka, the Swiss revived after a year off the circuit and with whom he shares the management. The first of the Italian ended 3-1 (7-5 ​​4-6 6-3 6-2) with the team formation revised and corrected and with his girlfriend Maria Braccini for the first time in his corner. Super coach Darren Cahill, absent from the box due to his engagements as a commentator with Espn, told us: “You will see, Jannik will learn to digest grass too. His is a game that adapts well to this surface too, but it is it is obvious that there is a need for experience “. And maybe even another pair of shoes, with more grip, since on several occasions the South Tyrolean slipped badly, even risking big with a bad knee. And luckily Sinner was born on skis, otherwise he would have done more tumbles. “It was very difficult, especially at the beginning. Then I got used to it, and that’s also why I like 3-set matches out of 5, because they give you the opportunity to change the match.”

The match

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Sinner starts hesitantly, struggles with the supports and the first does not support him too much, the old Swiss fox, among the few to win Grand Slam titles in the era of the three phenomena, puts him in difficulty but Jannik, when he also finds depth in response, punishes him in the eighth game, moving forward 5-3. When he goes to serve for the set, as has often happened in recent times, the South Tyrolean gets back together thanks to four mistakes but is still good at recovering and bringing home the set 7-5 after almost an hour. Sinner starts again with some difficulty and in the 2nd set has to save two break points and is the protagonist of another dangerous slide. Vagnozzi’s pupil has the opportunity to break his rival’s serve but fails to close and suffers the break asua time. An advantage that the Swiss will carry to the end by winning the second set 6-4 and putting the set count back on track. The third set, however, is from Jannik who manages to start with a 3-1 break but, once again, risks big when it’s time to consolidate the advantage. He ends up under 0-30 then halves the disadvantage thanks to the 5th ace of the game, and in the end holds for 4-1. He stretches 5-2 and closes the set 6-3. Immediate break at the opening of the fourth set for the South Tyrolean who continues to have problems with grip and slipping, but this does not prevent him from accelerating and closing with another break at 5-2 that kills the game.