In a rugged game, Sinner was lucky on his side and took advantage of Dimitrov’s retirement in Wimbledon

Shock Bewilderment. Desolation Those are the only words that could be used to tell what happened at the Court Center of Wimbledon 2025. Otherwise, the withdrawal of Dimitrov Grigor (21º), that when he was winning two sets to zero in front of Jannik Sinner (1st), fell lying on pain and had to withdraw from the party, with a Score final that marked 6-3, 7-5 and 2-2.

It was literally from one moment to another. Until that moment, the tennis of Dimitrov He was masterful and allowed him to be a set of eliminating the best tennis player in the world’s cathedral. And, suddenly, he crumbled on the ground and had to be helped immediately by doctors. While he went to the costumes to be treated and see how to continue, the injury did not give him truce.

Tears in the eyes of Dimitrov They are explained by their high level until that moment. It was his best version, a tennis that could excite him with repeating the semifinals achieved in 2014, when he said goodbye to Novak Djokovic. The first two partial began breaking the Sinner serve, which was very tense and suffered falls on the grass. The game with slice and countless variants had it against the strings to Italian until the sad episode arrived. And at 34, the chances are not left over.

Even the numbers favored the Bulgarian for an unforgettable batacazo: 71-3 was his record after winning the first two sets. And in Wimbledon, it was 21-1, while SINNER He had only traced two meetings in those circumstances (2-8).

With the fate of his side, Jannik will now have to face a heavyweight in the quarterfinals: Ben Shelton. The number 10 of the ATP world ranking defeated Lorenzo Sonego and will seek to get, for the first time in his career, among the four best of Wimbledon.

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