Three Italians in the round of 16 in the field, in the history of the London tournament on the grass had never happened. For Jannick there is the Bulgarian Dimitrov who was also number three in the world
It will be a All Italian Monday on the Wimbledon grass. Three blues in the round of 16 as never happened before: Sinner against Dimitrov, Cobolli against Cilic and Sonego against Shelton. Obviously no surprise for the fact that there is Jannick Sinner In the round of 16 of the most important tournament in the world, but Flavio Cobolli And Lorenzo Sonegoare two less anticipated names than on the eve. The 2002 Roman class reaches its best career result in a Slam after eliminating a higher opponent in the standings, the Czech Jakub Messik; The 30 -year -old from Turin offers another performance of heart and resilience having the best in the fifth set of the seeded Brandon Nakashima Equilating his best placement in the grass of the All England Club.
Dimitrov danger for Sinner
The times have changed and despite the story he says that no Italian has yet managed to win in Wimbledon, in recent years first Matteo Berrettini and then Jannick Sinner have gone very close to us. And the South Tyrolean in London presented itself from number one in the world and with one Great desire to finally beat Carlos Alcaraz In the final one that would be the third consecutive after those of Rome and Paris who saw the Spaniard excel on the blue. On the Strada di Sinner towards the final, however, now there is the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov who was also number three in the world and that someone had called the new Federer a little hastily. Dimitrov is 34 years old and in 2014 in Wimbledon he reached the semifinal where he was beaten by Djokovic. The precedents are in favor of Sinner (4-1) but on the grass the two have never faced each other.
