Here we are: the most prestigious Slam tournament in the world, the “sacred” grass of Wimbledon finally comes to life and the wait to see the pitch is over Jannik Sinner against the German Yannick Hanfmann (95 in the ATP ranking) in the match that is worth access to the second round where, in the event of a victory for the Italian, the derby would take place against his dear friend Matteo Berrettini who beat the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, number 70 in the ATP ranking, with a score of 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 after almost three hours of play. Sinner is number one in the draw for the first time in a Slam tournament, the second time ever considering the ATP Halle which recently concluded and gave him his first trophy on a green court.
The match live: 3rd set
2° game,
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 at 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 makes it 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° game, it’s the German’s turn to serve: with excellent first serves he goes up 40-30 but then makes a mistake in the open court, 40-40. On the counterattack he manages to hold, 3-2.
4° game, Sinner can also try to take the lead in the second set but for the first time he finds himself with a score of 0-30 and a dampener even costs him 0-40: an ace saves him (15-40), a winning first set he brings him back under (30-40) and a ball that goes out by a millimeter is worth the draw, 40-40. With an ace and a first winner he saved 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 Italian starts off very well, 40-0 with a great forehand and an ace make it 1-1.
1° gamethe service turn is Hanfmann’s: 40-15 and closes the game, 1-0.
Sinner wins the first set
9° game, Sinner serves to close the first set: 40-15 and two set points arrive. Ends 6-3 after 37 minutes of play.
8° gamethe German serving to stay in the set: he serves very well, goes to 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 we go to 30-40 with the first break point of the match for the blue who is unable to close, parity: then Hanfmann makes the game his by closing with a great short ball, 2-2.
3° gamethe South Tyrolean easily takes the lead to 40-0, then suffers a gap 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.
