Jannik Sinner, affected by unclear physical problems, exited the scene in the quarterfinals of the men’s singles at Wimbledon, the third seasonal Grand Slam event held on the grass courts of the All England Club in London. The Italian, number one in the world and seeded, lost to Russian Daniil Medvedev, number 5 in the international ranking and fifth force in the draw, with a score of 6-7 (7) 6-4 7-6 (4) 2-6 6-3. The South Tyrolean certainly suffered from “dizziness”, asked for medical intervention at the beginning of the third set and never seemed to be in his best shape. The match was played with a covered roof, on the central court of the London facility, due to the pouring rain in the English capital.
First set without a break. At the tie break set point for Medvedev at 6-5, then Sinner closed 9-7 at the second set point in his favor. In the second set the Russian broke the Alto Adige player’s serve in the third game and then won 6-4. In the third set another break in favor of Medvedev in the third game. Then Sinner, who complained of “dizziness”, asked for the intervention of a doctor and physiotherapistta and went to the locker room for a medical time out.
After more than eleven minutes of suspension, the Italian returned to the court. From there he started playing like his best, especially increasing the short balls, and made the counter-break in the tenth game. Sinner’s “posture”, however, was never completely convincing. So another tie break, won this time by the Russian by 7-4. At 6-5 in his favor, the Italian had two set points on Medvedev’s serve. In the fourth set, two breaks in favor of Sinner, in the third and fifth game. The Italian won by 6-2. In the fifth set, the South Tyrolean lost his serve in the fourth game and Medvedev closed as a winner at 6-3.
Sinner reached the semifinals at Wimbledon last year. Medvedev also reached the top four and repeated that feat this year. The Russian will now play the winner of the match between the American Tommy Paul and the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the defending champion, in the semifinals.