It’s the day of the Italian derby, in the second round of Wimbledon, between Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini. They face each other today, Wednesday 3 July, on the court central. It will be the third match of a program that will start at 2:30 p.m. The South Tyrolean, number one in the world, eliminated the German Yannick Hanfmann in four sets (6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3), while the Roman tennis player beat the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (7-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1). Two matches with a very similar progression, with the Italians ahead by two sets who lost the third and then won in the fourth after three hours of hard battle.
The words of Sinner and Berrettini
“It will certainly be a very difficult match because he knows how to play on this surface. I hope to be able to raise the level of my tennis and have more rhythm”, the words of Sinner. So, instead, Caps: «Do I think I can beat Jannik? Of course, otherwise I wouldn’t take the court. I’ll need one of my best performances, knowing his great qualities and how much he has improved in many aspects of his game. Not being seeded, I expected a draw like this and I know it will be difficult, but honestly I don’t think he’ll be happy to find me in the second round. We train and play tennis for matches like this». The only precedent between the two dates back to the Masters 1000 in Toronto last year, with the tennis player from San Candido who got the better of the Canadian hard court with a score of 6-4, 6-3.
Where to watch the Wimbledon match
The Italian derby on the grass at Wimbledon will be visible live on Sky Sport Uno (201), Sky Sport Tennis (203) and Sky Sport Arena (204). It will also be available for streaming on Sky Go and Now.
