Jannik Sinner suffers, but emerges victorious from the Wimbledon center on his debut on the London grass. The reigning champion had to sweat his proverbial sweats to overcome the Serbian Kecmanovic, beaten 3-2 in a comeback (the blue was first 0-1 and then 1-2 down in the set count). Sinner won with these partials: 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3.
“I was a little nervous. The blood? My nail broke”
«On the eve and also today I was a little nervous: it’s not easy to take the court here as the reigning champion”: Jannik Sinner admitted this after the difficult victory over Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round of Wimbledon. «It’s an honor to open the tournament on the Centrale: at the beginning of the match I was a little tense», said the world number one, «I didn’t play at my best and I wasn’t able to get into the match straight away. I’m happy to have recovered, even if the third set was difficult to send down.”
The Italian also explained the blood that appeared on his shoe after the fall in the third set: «My nail broke and I didn’t want to disturb the match by stopping the game to change my sock, Miomir had a good rhythm. I’m happy to have won but I know that I will have to improve for the next match: today I made many mistakes in the first two sets. This, however, is normal, because the first matches are never easy.” Then he joked about white, the only color imposed by the tournament: «I’m fine, I’m surprised that they let me play, the shoe went from white to a little red…».
Darderi and Cocciaretto eliminated
Luciano Darderi out in the first round in the men’s singles at Wimbledon 2026. The Italian-Argentinian, seeded number 14 in the draw, surrenders in three sets to the American Ethan Quinn. 7-6 (7) 7-5 6-2, in two hours and 17 minutes of play, the score is in favor of the American, number 47 in the world, who will meet the qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki in the second round.
Elisabetta Cocciaretto was eliminated in the first round of the women’s singles of the London tournament. The 25-year-old from the Marche region, number 46 in the world, lost in three sets against the Chinese Wang Xinyu, 39th in the WTA ranking, with a score of 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, in an hour and 56 minutes of play. Third consecutive defeat in the first round for Cocciaretto, who also stopped on her debut at Roland Garros and in the WTA 250 in Eastbourne. Wang Xinyu advances to the second round and will face Swiss Belinda Bencic. Another result. First round: Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) b. Maja Chwalinska (Pol, 20) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.