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Irish Independent
13 hours ago
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- Irish Independent
Wimbledon Daily Highlights
World number one Jannik Sinner announced himself at this year's Wimbledon with a statement win over fellow Italian Luca Nardi. Women's second seed Coco Gauff's defeat on Court One on Tuesday night saw her follow Jessica Pegula (seeded three), Zheng Qinwen (five) and Paula Badosa (nine) through the exit door.
Straits Times
a day ago
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- Straits Times
Sinner remains ice cool as Gauff, Pegula and Zverev join bonfire of seeds
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Jul 1, 2025; Wimbledon United Kingdom; Jannik Sinner (ITA) hits a forehand against Luca Nardi (ITA)(not pictured) on day 2 of The Championships, Wimbledon 2025 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images LONDON - World number one Jannik Sinner stayed ice cool to move serenely into the Wimbledon second round but it was a second successive day of upsets at a sizzling All England Club as a succession of seeded players crashed and burned on Tuesday. American second seed Coco Gauff, chasing a French Open-Wimbledon double after her Paris triumph, was the day's most surprising casualty, losing 7-6(3) 6-1 to Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska as the sun set on a sultry day. Gauff's compatriot Taylor Fritz, the world number five, survived a five-set firefight by the skin of his teeth against big-serving Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. But the same could not be said of 13 of the men's seeds who fell at the first hurdle -- a Wimbledon record since 32 seeds were introduced in 2001. Nine seeds also perished in the women's first round while the eight top-10 seeds to go out across both singles draws is the highest at a Grand Slam in the professional era. Germany's Alexander Zverev was the most notable men's casualty, the third seed losing 7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 to France's Arthur Rinderknech in a marathon duel that began on Monday and was locked at one set apiece overnight. "I'm not sure he's ever played a match like that in his life," Zverev, who is still chasing a first Grand Slam title after 38 attempts, said. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. 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A red-hot Sinner never looked like joining the exodus as he beat fellow Italian and close friend Luca Nardi 6-4 6-3 6-0 in a victorious return to the Grand Slam stage after his epic French Open final defeat by Carlos Alcaraz last month. "I tried to put the friendship away for a couple of hours," Sinner, who conceded only four points when he landed his first serve, told reporters. After seven British players won singles matches on Monday -- a professional era record at Wimbledon -- home fans had more to cheer on Tuesday as fourth seed Jack Draper, his nation's big hope, avoided any dramas by easing past Argentina's Sebastian Baez who retired hurt trailing 6-2 6-2 2-1. In total, 10 British players have reached round two. KREJCIKOVA TESTED Women's defending champion Barbora Krejcikova was tested by promising 20-year-old Filipina Alexandra Eala, but after a slow start she found her form to win 3-6 6-2 6-1 on her return to Centre Court after last year's surprise triumph. "I mean, what the hell (kind of tennis) she played in the first set?," said Krejcikova, praising her opponent. "She was smashing the ball and cleaning the lines, so wow, wow. She's going to be really good in a couple of years." Five-times Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek, seeded eight, is yet to conquer Wimbledon but showed positive signs as she beat Polina Kudermetova 7-5 6-1 while Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva advanced after a 6-3 6-3 victory over Mayar Sherif. Both might have expected Gauff to be a major obstacle but the world number two subsided against Yastremska. The women's draw is now without three of its top five seeds after number five Zheng Qinwen of China, the Olympic champion, suffered a third successive Wimbledon first-round defeat, beaten 7-5 4-6 6-1 by Czech doubles specialist Katerina Siniakova. "I believe if I get through the first match, I will start to play better and better (on grass)," Zheng said. "The problem is the first match for me is complicated." Many will lament the exit of Wimbledon dark horse Alexander Bublik, seeded 28th. The Kazakh showman is guaranteed entertainment with his array of trick shots but he was unable to avoid the exit door, as he was dragged into battle by Spaniard Jaume Munar and beaten 6-4 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2. Late in the day yet another seed fell as Frenchman Ugo Umbert was beaten by veteran countryman Gael Monfils, again defying his 38 years to edge a five-setter. American Fritz survived, though, letting out a massive roar as he beat Perricard 6-7(6) 6-7(8) 6-4 7-6(6) 6-4 in a match carried forward from Monday. Perricard's consolation for losing the cliffhanger was a 153mph serve -- a Wimbledon record. Tommy Paul took out Briton Johannus Monday with little fuss, the 13th seed cruising through 6-4 6-4 6-2, but it was the end of the road for fellow American and 30th seed Alex Michelsen who fell 6-2 3-6 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) to Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic. Zeynep Sonmez became the first Turkish woman to reach the second round at the grasscourt Grand Slam when she battled past Romania's Jaqueline Cristian 7-6(3) 6-3. Victoria Mboko found out a few hours before she faced Magdalena Frech that she had entered the main draw as a Lucky Loser due to Anastasia Potapova's withdrawal and the Canadian teenager rode her luck to stun the 25th seed 6-3 6-2. Fourteen years after first adding her name to the Wimbledon honours board, twice champion Petra Kvitova performed her last dance on the lawns, the Czech losing 6-3 6-1 to American 10th seed Emma Navarro. REUTERS
Daily Mail
a day ago
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- Daily Mail
A strange feeling of indifference towards Jannik Sinner's doping ban has swept tennis - he is lucky the sport is so happy to move on, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
Three soft months for a ban and three soft sets for an opening win. As with so many things this year, Jannik Sinner appears to be benefitting from a distinct lack of opposition. In the serves and volleys of a tennis tournament, that meant a straightforward first-round assignment for the top seed against his fellow Italian Luca Nardi on Tuesday. It was a bit of a mauling. But in the trickier conversations about Sinner's reputation, or specifically the question of whether two positive tests for steroids should lessen his standing, a strange level of indifference appears to have swept his sport. Certainly, there was no outward sign of rebellion from the Court No 1 crowd, which was lukewarm in its reception but, predictably, didn't venture any behaviours that the curators of these lawns might deem unseemly. He was clapped on and clapped off again. All of which appeared incredibly generous to a player who should count himself lucky to be part of a sport so eager to move on. That, of course, followed the even greater fortune of a featherweight suspension squeezed between the first and second Slams of the season. Now that we are at the third, and less than two months on from the expiration of his ban, it has curiously been allowed to feel a lot like old news. After this moderate workout against Nardi, he was asked about a remodelled service motion, his thoughts on automated line judges and the lessons learnt since he lost the French Open final to Carlos Alcaraz. Like a mid-court forehand, they were comfortably returned to the sender, before he faced one on any concerns he might have had about the crowd's reaction to his presence. 'To be honest, no,' he said. The follow-up centred on the response of fans in general and also his fellow professionals, a number of whom had initially been furious about the seemingly favourable way his case had been handled. 'I mean, I think people kind of have forgotten already a little bit what happened,' he said. 'There are still things, new notifications, whatever, coming. That's the good and the bad of social (media) that something happens and people don't know anymore what happened yesterday. 'In the other way, I have good relationship with more or less all players like I had before. Of course, in the beginning was a bit different. But I think they all saw that I'm a very clean player. 'I was never intending to do anything bad. It was an incident, yes. It happened. But the result also says that I haven't done anything on purpose. It's all good.' Sinner let his fitness coaches go after he was found to have an anabolic steroid in his system That so many have 'forgotten' might draw a few rolled eyes from those in track and field, or cycling, where a positive test can amount to a reputational death, irrespective of elaborate reasonings pointing towards careless members of an entourage. For Sinner, the show goes on, with the benefit that he never had to leave second gear against Nardi, who once beat Novak Djokovic but at the age of 21 is yet to win a match at a Slam. The world No 95 kept it level for eight games before wilting under the relentless pressure of Sinner and then crumbling altogether in a 6-0 third-set drubbing. Unlike Alcaraz, who needed five sets to get past Fabio Fognini on Monday, Sinner's exposure to the burning heat would last less than two hours without facing a break point. He next plays Aleksandar Vukic, the world No 93, in the second round.
Kuwait Times
a day ago
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- Kuwait Times
Krejcikova toughs it out in Wimbledon opener
LONDON: Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to Italy's Luca Nardi during their men's singles first round tennis match on the second day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. — AFP photos Top seed Sinner eases into second round after beating Nardi
Irish Examiner
a day ago
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- Irish Examiner
Jannik Sinner makes light work of fellow Italian Luca Nardi in Wimbledon opener
World number one Jannik Sinner announced himself at this year's Wimbledon with a statement win over fellow Italian Luca Nardi. The 23-year-old dropped only seven games in a comprehensive 6-4 6-3 6-0 victory in an hour and 48 minutes. Sinner slammed down nine aces among 28 winners and lost only 12 points behind his own serve. The three-time grand slam winner has only reached the semi-finals here once, in 2023, but all roads seem to be leading to a showdown with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz a week on Sunday in a repeat of their epic five-set French Open final, won by the Spaniard, last month. While Alcaraz toiled to a five-set, four-and-a-half hour win over 38-year-old Fabio Fognini on Monday, Sinner was not hanging around as he raced into round two, where he will meet Australian Aleksandar Vukic. 'New tournament, new chances, new challenges,' he said. 'You have one opponent at a time so obviously I try to keep going and enjoy playing here. Jannik Sinner dispatched Luca Nardi inside two hours (Adam Davy/PA) 'If you don't enjoy to play on these courts, I don't know where you will enjoy. I'm very happy to be here and let's see what's coming.' Another Italian, seventh seed Lorenzo Musetti, was knocked out by Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia. A 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1 defeat was not a major surprise, however, as Musetti has been recovering from a thigh injury since Roland Garros and was forced to withdraw from Queen's last month.
