Grigor Dimitrov (der.) Talk with Jannik Sinner during the game between the two for the round of 16 Wimbledon 2025.
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The number one of the tennis today, the Italian Jannik Sinner, passed this Monday to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, although he was losing for two sets to zero, due to abandonment due to injury of the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (21st world).
The Italian, who will turn 24 in August, had lost the first two sets, 6-3 and 7-5 and was tied 2-2 in the third, when the Bulgarian, who was number 3 in the world, sat on the grass of the central track, making a grimace of pain and touching the torso near the right shoulder.
A few moments later, the Bulgarian left the track to receive medical care. Upon his return to the central, he indicated in tears that he was not in a position to continue the game. At 34, Dimitrov chains his fifth consecutive abandonment in a Grand Slam tournament.
He has not regularly lost in one of the four main world tennis tournaments since his defeat against Sinner in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros in 2024. “Honestly, I don't know what to say,” said the Italian after the abandonment of his rival.
“I think we all saw it today. He has had very bad luck in recent years. He is an incredible player and also a good friend of mine. We get along very well out of the track,” added the Italian. “If there were a possibility that I could play the next round, I would deserve it.”
After being on the edge of a possible surprise elimination, Sinner will now face the American Ben Shelton, tenth head of the series, who won the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (47º of the ranking), by 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/1), 7-5.
Sinner, who has proclaimed champion twice the Australian Open and once the US Open has never reached the Wimbledon final, having reached the semifinals in 2023. It is going through a good sports moment, because in the last 20 games he has played he registers 17 victories.
The Italian has played the last three finals of Grand Slam, winning the US Open and the Australian Open, and losing the Roland Garros final in an epic duel to five sets against the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz – no two of the world – in June.
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