The curtain rises on the 137th edition of the most prestigious tournament, Wimbledon. The most important tournament, the most fascinating for history and tradition, which this year will have an Italian as number 1 of the draw, the Italian Jannik Sinner. Fresh from the title in Halle, Sinner will debut today on the lawns of the All England Club, engaged on Court 1 against the German Hanfmann. The South Tyrolean, number 1 in the ATP rankings and naturally seeded number 1 in the English Slam, will take to the court in the late afternoon today, no earlier than 6:30 pm.
There is only one precedent between the number 1 in the ranking and the German, an all in all recent match, in New York, when the Italian won at the US Open with a score of 6-3 6-1 6-1. So the balance is 1-0 for Sinner, who appears to be largely favored in this match too. However, if Jannik wins against Hofmann he could create a great derby with the Roman tennis player Matteo Berrettini, who takes to the court today with Fucsovics. If he goes ahead, the Italian could find Griekspoor and Shelton and in the quarterfinals one between Medvedev and Dimitrov. In the background, for now, Alcaraz and Djokovic, who we always have to deal with.
The South Tyrolean could cross, as mentioned, Matteo Capsfinalist at Wimbledon in 2021. Seven more Italian matches are scheduled, debut for Mattia BellucciMatteo Arnaldi, Fabio Fognini e Lorenzo Sonegowhile for women the wait is all for Jasmine Paulines, fresh finalist at Roland Garros, first Slam final of her career and semi-finalist in Eastbourne, the Tuscan will face the Spanish Sara Sorribes Tormo.
Also on the pitch Martina Trevisan and Sara Erraniagainst the American Keys and the Czech Noskova. As per tradition, the 2024 Wimbledon program will open on Centre Court at 2:30 p.m. Italian time with the defending champion, Carlos Alcaraz, who will face the Estonian Mark Lajal, No. 262 in the ATP ranking coming from the qualifiers. We will see the Spaniard again later.
