Jannik Sinner reaches the round of 16 of the Wimbledon tournament for the fifth consecutive year thanks to the success in three sets over the American Jenson Brooksby, n.81 in the ranking. Score 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and 13 minutes of play.
«I’m very happy, I try to improve every day, there were a couple of situations that needed to be managed better, but I’m happy with how it went with a very difficult opponent».
“It may be unusual, but I needed it, I wasn’t able to take advantage of a couple of match points and I thank the public for supporting me” replied the world no.1 to the interviewer who pointed out that you don’t often see him putting his finger to his ear, as if to solicit incitement from the public. «I’ve never played it, whoever it is it will be a tough match» he commented when he was told that his next opponent will be the Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki (n.151 in the ranking), coming from the qualifiers, who eliminated the Spanish Rafael Jodar (n.23).