{"id":455718,"date":"2025-07-07T21:13:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=455718"},"modified":"2025-07-07T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:16:08","slug":"unbelievable-opponent-tears-pec-while-beating-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=455718","title":{"rendered":"'Unbelievable': Opponent tears pec while beating Sinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jannik Sinner<\/a> advanced to the Wimbledon<\/a> quarter-finals despite hurting his right elbow in a fall and dropping the first two sets, because his opponent, Grigor Dimitrov, had to quit with an injured pectoral muscle.<\/p>\n

The No.1-seeded Sinner hadn\u2019t dropped a set in the tournament until falling behind No.19 Dimitrov 6-3, 7-5. But at 2-all in the third set, Dimitrov stopped playing.<\/p>\n

It's the fifth consecutive grand slam tournament where Dimitrov failed to complete a match. He also did it at the Australian Open in January and at Roland-Garros in May, plus last year's Wimbledon and US Open.<\/p>\n

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On the last point against Sinner, Dimitrov served and immediately clutched his chest with his left hand. He took a few steps and crouched, before sitting on the grass. Sinner walked over to that side of the court to check on him.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy pec,\u201d Dimitrov told Sinner.<\/p>\n

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Dimitrov then went to the sideline, sat in his chair and was checked by a trainer and doctor. As Dimitrov talked with them, Sinner knelt nearby.<\/p>\n

After a delay of a few minutes, Dimitrov walked toward the locker room with the medical personnel.<\/p>\n

Soon, he reemerged and said he couldn\u2019t continue.<\/p>\n

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Two hours earlier, it was Sinner down on the ground and seemingly in trouble.<\/p>\n

He was hurt in the opening game, when his foot gave out from under him and he slipped and fell behind a baseline, bracing his fall with his right hand while still holding his racquet.<\/p>\n

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During a medical timeout while trailing 3-2 in the second set, Sinner winced as a trainer massaged the elbow. Sinner's coaches, Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi, looked on from their box with concern.<\/p>\n

Sinner \u2014 a three-time grand slam champion who will play No.10 Ben Shelton of the United States for a berth in the semi-finals \u2014 was given a pill to take and play resumed.<\/p>\n

He frequently shook his right arm or rubbed his elbow between points.<\/p>\n

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He entered the match having lost a total of just 17 games in the tournament, tying the record for the fewest in the Open era by man at Wimbledon through three completed matches.<\/p>\n

After the second set, the match was paused so the stadium\u2019s retractable roof could be closed because of fading sunlight.<\/p>\n

Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray was not a fan of that decision, writing on social media: \u201cSo ridiculous to close the roof at this stage of the match. At least an hour of light left\u2026.well over a set of tennis can still be played… i'ts an outdoor tournament!\u201d<\/p>\n

About a half-hour later, the match was over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jannik Sinner advanced to the Wimbledon quarter-finals despite hurting his right elbow in a fall and dropping the first two sets, because his opponent, Grigor […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":455720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=455718"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455724,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455718\/revisions\/455724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/455720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=455718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=455718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=455718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}