Here we are: the most prestigious Slam tournament in the world, the “sacred” grass of Wimbledon finally gets into the thick of things and the wait to see the action on the pitch is over Jannik Sinner against the German Yannick Hanfmann (95 in the ATP ranking) in the match which is worth access to the second round where, in the event of a victory for the Italian, the derby would be staged against his dear friend Matteo Berrettini who beat the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, number 70 in the ranking ATP, with the score of 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 after almost three hours of competition. Sinner is in his first time as number one in a Slam tournament, the second ever considering the ATP in Halle which recently concluded and gave him the first trophy on a green field.
The match live: 3rd set
5° gamethe German serves goes up 30-0 but Sinner does well to get to 30-40 and try to recover: a response on the line is worth the point, 4-1.
4° gameSinner tries to raise the level of his game to hold on to the set but it’s a bad moment: 15-40 and two break points for Hanfmann: 30-40 but the German plays great and breaks another serve from Jannik, sensational 4 -0.
3° gamethe German plays better in this situation, 40-15: excellent response from Jannik which is worth the point (40-30) but an ace on the line makes it 3-0.
2° gameit’s Jannik’s turn to serve and he does well to recover from 0-30 to 30-30 but then makes a mistake with the forehand and goes 30-40 and this time the German gets the first break, 2-0.
1° gameHanfmann starts serving: 40-30 and closes with a volley, 1-0.
Jannik also wins the second set
10° gameSinner serves to win the second set: with powerful and precise first serves he goes 30-0 and then three set points arrive and he wins it on the first attempt, 6-4 after an hour and 24 minutes.
9° gamethe German serves to stay in the second set: 40-30 and a great ace is worth 5-4.
8° gameit’s Sinner’s turn who continues to serve very well, precise and fast, goes up 40-15 and gets the point, 5-3.
7° game40-30 in favor of Hanfmann who takes home the point, 4-3.
6° gamethe Italian serves but after a couple of forehand errors there is a break point for Hanfmann (30-40): he cancels it in a splendid way, new parity. With an ace and five break points canceled in two service games Jannik goes up 4-2.
5° gameit’s the German’s turn to serve: with excellent first serves he goes up 40-30 but then makes a mistake in open play, 40-40. On the counterattack he manages to hold on, 3-2.
4° gameSinner can try to take off in the second set too but for the first time he finds himself with the score at 0-30 and a drop shot costs him even 0-40: an ace saves him (15-40), a first serve winner brings him back (30-40) and a ball out by a millimetre is worth the tie, 40-40. With an ace and a first serve winner he saves himself in a big way, 3-1.
3° gamefrom 0-30 Hanfmann recovers to 30-30 with a great lob but then the net stops his run, 30-40 and break point for Jannik who gets it sublimely with a forehand tracer, 2-1.
2° gamethe blue starts again very well, 40-0 with a great forehand and an ace worth the 1-1.
1° gamethe service turn is Hanfmann’s: 40-15 and closes the game, 1-0.
Sinner wins the first set
9° gameSinner serves to close the first set: 40-15 and two set points arrive. It ends 6-3 after 37 minutes of play.
8° gamethe German serves to stay in the set: he serves very well, goes up 40-0 then closes in his favor, 5-3.
7° gameJannik tries to take off: score goes to 40-0, Hanfmannn wins a point but the Italian confirms the break, 5-2.
6° gameSinner accelerates and the first two consecutive break points arrive at 15-40: he gets them immediately and goes up with the score, 4-2.
5° gameit’s Sinner’s turn of service who serves very well and with a few mistakes goes up to 40-0 and closes the game, 3-2.
4° gamefrom 30-0 the score goes to 30-40 with the first break point of the match for the Italian who is unable to close it out, parity: then Hanfmann takes the game by closing with a great drop shot, 2-2.
3° game, the South Tyrolean easily takes the lead to 40-0, then suffers a missed pass but the German is also good and grabs an unexpected 40-40. With two great serves Sinner closes, 2-1.
2° gameit’s Hanfmann’s turn to serve for the first time in the match: the German goes up 40-15, an exceptional shot from Sinner who shortens but then makes a mistake, the ball ends up in the net, 1-1.
1° gamethe match begins with Jannik’s serve: despite a double fault, Sinner goes up 40-15 but
two errors force it to 40-40. With a winning forehand and an ace he closed, 1-0.
The players entered the field around 6.30pm Italian time (5.30pm London time) for a short warm-up before the match began.
