At Wimbledon: Sinner breaks his lawn curse!

Jannik Sinner and the lawn surface: This hasn't been a love affair yet. But by Monday evening at the latest, the 20-year-old put aside any doubts about whether he could cause a sensation on this surface in the future. At the start of Wimbledon, Sinner defeated three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka in four sets 7:5, 4:6, 6:3 and 6:2.

Sinner and Wawrinka dueled on equal terms for a long time. The recently injured Swiss repeatedly showed why he was once number 3 in the world. But Sinner, for example, brought significantly more first serves into the field. The South Tyrolean has generally improved its service. He has already proven this several times this year - even if the number of his aces is not yet extremely high. In the first round, Sinner used his second set point to close the set after 55 minutes. Wawrinka fights, Sinner is extremely strong At the start of the second round, Sinner seemed to be fully on track. Wawrinka was 0:1 and 0:40 behind on her own serve. But the 37-year-old showed full commitment and prevented the break. As a result, he took the service from Sinner and couldn't miss the second sentence.

But Sinner didn't let that throw him off his game. In the third set, the Sexten player in south London showed off his class and showed some strong shots. Sinner appeared extremely athletic and light-footed. With his quick legs, he covered almost the entire field defensively. In the end the third set was a clear affair.

Sinner took his gained self-confidence into the fourth round. Right at the start he took the break from Wawrinka. Afterwards, the number 13 in the world didn't let himself be taken away from the butter and ended the game after 2:42 hours and his first match point. In the second round on Wednesday, Sinner will face the winner of the game between the German Daniel Altmaier (ATP 61) and the Swede Mikael Ymer (ATP 88). Ymer was leading 2-0 sets on Monday evening before the game had to be canceled due to darkness at Wimbledon. It will be finished on Tuesday.

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At Wimbledon: Sinner breaks his lawn curse!

Jannik Sinner celebrated his first lawn victory at ATP level - at the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.

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