Wimbledon, Sinner beats Isner and wins the second round

A Jannik Sinner blaster version defuses John Isner in three sets 6-4 7-6 (4) 6-3 and for the first time reaches the round of 16 at Wimbledon. A granite solidity on the part of the South Tyrolean who, exceptional in response, served perfectly and then tactically harnessed the American giant who had reached the semifinal on the London meadows in 2018. The American consoles himself with the world record in ace, snatched from the Croatian Ivo Karlovic left there, at 13,728. He is a Sinner who strikes for maturity, for the calm with which he held the helm of the match, taken to the happy port of the round of 16, the youngest Italian in the Open Era to do so. For Jannik now the super-challenge against Carlos Alcaraz who clearly beat the German Otte in the afternoon. “My game on the grass? It will be the atmosphere of London, but it is improving day by day”, he says in the interview on the pitch the blue.

The match

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In the first set the student of the Vagnozzi-Cahill duo immediately makes the American understand that it will not be a walk in the park. He takes advantage of every failure of Isner and, in the fifth game, he wins a break point. The tall guy obviously neutralizes it with an ace and then goes 3-2 ahead. Sinner still has a break point thanks to a winning straight answer. Isner serves a second, and Jannik finally manages to break through: 4-3. This time the Italian must not get distracted. At 30-0 marks the second double foul of the game. He recovers with a winning 40-15 serve. Another mistake and Isner shortens 40-30, but with a too long forehand allows Jannik to consolidate his lead, 5-3. Sinner serves for the first set, he also manages the serving time very well tactically. He closes with a volley and seals the first set 6-4. In the second, Sinner fails to spring forward with a break but reaches the tie break. There he goes 3-2 with a minibreak, administers and goes to the field change 4-2. Isner shortens 5-4. Too bad for an exchange that Jannik has in hand but that he closes with a forehand error. Sinner has two set points, Long John’s response is out. The South Tyrolean is now 2 sets to 0. The arm wrestling continues in the 3rd set, with Sinner trying to push and Isner holding on to the serve. In the seventh game the longest exchange of the match, 17 strokes, is by Sinner who then with an ace takes him 40-15 and ends with an attack against the clock for the 4-3. Break ball for Jannik at 4-3. Stretch 40-30, Isner is saved from a break that would have been almost a match point. Sinner at 40-40 still has a break point thanks to a winning response. Isner misses a short ball and the Italian breaks the break 5-3. He doesn’t miss Sinner when he has to serve for the match. It ends 3-0. Italy is in the second round.