LONDON – Jannik Sinner certainly didn’t play like he did with the injured right elbow on Wednesday, using his outstanding service and his usual thriving forehand to dismiss the 10th seed Ben Shelton 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4, and a second appearance in the Greenhouse semifinals.
The No. 1 sinner wore a white sleeve on his right arm, with a tape underneath, one above the elbow, one below, one under the one in his fourth round, he was injured for two days after he slipped and fell down.
Sina said he felt pain when he served or forehanded in that game, and he dropped the first two sets when Dimitrov pulled out of the third set before reaching the quarterfinals as he tore the muscles in his chest.
Sinner, the three-time Grand Slam champion at the French Open last month and runner-up for Carlos Alcaraz, took his MRI exam on Tuesday and initially canceled practice training for the day, but did hit some balls later in a 20-minute match at the indoor court.
“When you play with a lot of nervousness, you try not to think about it,” Sinner said, reaching the main semifinal for the fourth time in a row, followed by 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic or 22 Flavio Cobolli. “It has made great progress from yesterday to today.”
Another time the sinner achieved such a long time in 2023 at the All England Club that he was eliminated by Djokovic.
In the first game against Sheldon, the Sinner seemed to be right, gaining 27 of his 29 service points in the first set while accumulating 15 winners with only one unforced error.
Despite this, Sheldon was with him until second place. At that time, Sinner soared with the help of Sheldon’s double turnover and four consecutive forehand errors.
At the beginning of the second set, Sheldon finally made some progress in the return game, scoring two breakout points 15-40.
On the one hand, sinners have won the forehand winner. On the other hand, he slammed the 132mph serving (his fastest game) and rushed forward, starting when Sheldon’s backhand pass attempted to find the net. The 118 mph ACE and 125 mph service winners were followed.
That was Sheldon’s only rest opportunity.
After that game, Sinner did have problems with his arm after he tried to return to the 141 mph service from Shelton, the 22-year-old American who was trying to reach his third Grand Slam semifinal. The sinner shook his right wrist and then held his elbow with his left hand. But that’s all.
In the third set, Sheldon’s father, former Tour professional Brian (and his coach), leaned in his seat and told Ben: “Just lean a little from him.
Never sinners have been immersed in it. He scored nearly twice the winner with 33 to 17 and scored 50 of his 56 titles.
Sinner has now won the last six games, all in a row, including at Wimbledon a year ago and at the Australian Open in January.
On Wednesday, Shelton tried to stay with Sinner in baseline communication, but that didn’t really work. not at all.
Sinner won 55 baseline scores, and Shelton 24.
As for the elbow, Sina later said that it was “no excuse.”
“There is no better stage to play tennis, I think I’m showing it today,” he said.
