Wimbledon

Semi-final clash between Sinner and Alcaraz draws closer

Jannik Sinner(Bild: AFP/APA/ANDREJ ISAKOVIC)

The Wimbledon semi-final clash between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz is getting closer. On Sunday, Sinner stopped the winning run of the US American Ben Shelton, while the Spaniard Alcaraz prevailed against the Frenchman Ugo Humbert. 

The 22-year-old Sinner won his round of 16 match 6:2,6:4,7:6(9) to follow the Spanish defending champion Alcaraz, who had previously beaten Humbert 6:3,6:4,1:6,7:5. In the battle for a place in the top eight, the Italian will face former US Open winner Daniil Medvedev from Russia, who progressed to the next round after Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov retired due to injury at 5:3 in the first set. A meeting with Alcaraz is possible in the semi-finals, but he will first have to overcome the American Tommy Paul or his Spanish compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut.

Rain again at Wimbledon
On another rainy Wimbledon day, the matches on the outdoor courts once again began with a significant delay and were interrupted again after a short time. The Austrians Sebastian Ofner and Sam Weissborn retired from their doubles match against Sebastian Baez/Dustin Brown (ARG/JAM) at 4:3 during a rain interruption. According to Ofner's management, the reason was "slight shoulder pain" in the Styrian. They didn't want to "risk anything with regard to (the tournaments in; note) Hamburg and Kitzbühel", they said.