Jannik Sinner, 21, gave up six matches to Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the first round of the 2023 Wimbledon Grand Slam on grass. Stan Wawrinka, 38, also won without dropping a set.

Jannik Sinner proved that with all seriousness he could be counted among the contenders for the title of Wimbledon 2023. In the first round match played under the roof of center court, Italy presented themselves very well and outclassed Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6:2, 6:2, 6:2.

– I am extremely happy after this victory. At the same time, I already feel motivated for the next game – said eighth seed Sinner, who will face Diego Schwartzman in the second round, as quoted by atptour.com. The Argentine gave Miomir Kecmanovic seven games.

Number 23. Aleksander Bublik, the recent event champion in Halle, started his Wimbledon competition with a four-set victory over Mackenzie McDonald. In the 1/32 final, Kazakhstan will face another American, JJ Wolf. Yoshihito Nishioka, “24” tournament, was eliminated. The Japanese lost to Daniel Elahi Galan.

In the generations game, Stan Wawrinka, 38, won 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 against Emil Ruusuvuori, 14 years his junior. The Swiss, for whom Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament where he has not won a title, collected six aces, five breaks and 18 finishes on Monday.

In the French duel, Corentin Moutet proved unexpectedly better than the experienced Richard Gasquet. Aleksandar Vukić also advanced to the second round, knocking out Daniel Altmaier in four sets.

Due to the falling twilight, the whole game plan could not be implemented. Yannick Hanfmann – Taylor Fritz, Borna Coric – Guido Pella, Roman Safiullin – Roberto Bautista, Denis Shapovalov – Radu Albot, Quentin Halys – Daniel Evans, Tomas Martin Etcheverry – Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Benjamin Bonzi – Harold Mayot matches have been suspended. Lloyd Harris and Grégoire Barrere did not appear on the pitch at all.

The unfinished and late match was rescheduled for Tuesday. Therefore, there will be up to 40 men’s singles matches on that day.

The Championships, Wimbledon (UK)
Grand Slam, grass pitch, £44.7m prize pool
Monday July 3

1st round of singles:

Jannik Sinner (Italy, 8) – Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Argentina) 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
Aleksander Bublik (Kazakhstan, 23) – Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 6:7(3), 6:4, 6:4, 6:4
Daniel Elahi Galan (Colombia) v Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan, 24) 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) – Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia) 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v Daniel Altmaier (Germany) 6-3, 7-6(1), 3-6, 7-5
Corentin Moutet (France) – Richard Gasquet (France) 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) – Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland) 7-5, 7-5, 6-4
Yannick Hanfmann (Germany) – Taylor Fritz (USA, 9) 4:6, 6:2, 6:4, 5:7, 2:3 *to be completed
Borna Coric (Croatia, 13) – Guido Pella (Argentina) 3-6, 4-4 *to be completed
Roman Safiullin v Roberto Bautista (Spain, 20) 2:6, 7:6(7), 6:7(4) *to be completed
Denis Shapovalov (Canada, 26) – Radu Albot (Moldova, Q) 5-7, 2-2 *to be completed
Quentin Halys (France) – Daniel Evans (UK, 27) 6-2, 6-3 *to be completed
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina, 29) – Bernabe Zapata Miralles (Spain) 6-7(5), 5-7, 6-3 *to be completed
Benjamin Bonzi (France) – Harold Mayot (France, Q) 3:6, 3:5 *to be completed
Lloyd Harris (South Africa) – Gregoire Barrere (France) *postponed to Tuesday

Men’s tournament schedule and results

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