Wimbledon: Straight sets for Sinner, into third round

Seeds may be crumbling around him, but world No 1 Jannik Sinner is currently looking solid.

The top seed showed his composure as he defeated Australian Aleksandar Vukic 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 to move into the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.

He has conceded just 12 games thus far – the fewest games over the opening two rounds of the men’s singles at Wimbledon since Roger Federer’s nine games in 2004.

The Italian has now reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the ninth time in a row, his fourth at Wimbledon. This is the 15th Slam match win of his season after winning the Australian Open and reaching the final at Roland-Garros.

With 38 winners and just 11 unforced errors, Sinner played the perfect match to easily defeat his opponent of the day, who had 14 winners and 21 unforced errors. The 23-year-old didn’t lose his serve once, despite four break point chances for Vukic.

Last minute drama

Though the scoreline makes this clash seem like a straight-forward victory for Sinner, there was a last minute twist as the three-time Grand Slam winner took five match points to close out the contest.

“I enjoyed it because I won the game,” Sinner said about the final game. “The match can change very quickly. If he breaks me there, it could go a long distance, so I’m very happy to finish.”

Sinner will face Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero next, where he is a heavy favourite to continue his red-hot form on the grass.

“Every opponent is very difficult, third-round matches in Grand Slams are something special,” Sinner said of the upcoming clash. “As we saw, there have been many upsets this tournament, so we try to stay focused and raise our level. I felt the level was at a good point today, but I can improve a couple of things.”

The Italian won against Luca Nardi (6-4, 6-3, 6-0) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of The Championships, Vukic, ranked No 93, edged out Chun-Hsin Tseng (6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5)).

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London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):

• Ben Shelton vs. Rinky Hijikata: thursday
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Gael Monfils: thursday
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili: thursday
• Marin Cilic beat Jack Draper (4): 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
• Sebastian Ofner beat Tommy Paul (13): 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 7-5
• Brandon Nakashima (29) beat Reilly Opelka: 7-5, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Pedro Martinez Portero beat Mariano Navone: 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Luciano Darderi beat Arthur Fery (WC): 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• August Holmgren (Q) beat Tomas Machac (21): 7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Novak Djokovic (6) beat Daniel Evans (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 6-0
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (25): 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-3, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Cristian Garin (LL): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3
• Jaume Munar beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (9)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Grigor Dimitrov (19) beat Corentin Moutet: 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Alex De Minaur (11) beat Arthur Cazaux (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
• Jakub Mensik (15) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Jesper De Jong: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli (22) beat Jack Pinnington Jones (WC): 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (5) beat Gabriel Diallo: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
• Kamil Majchrzak beat Ethan Quinn: 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
• Mattia Bellucci beat Jiri Lehecka (23): 7-6 (4), 6-1, 7-5
• Jordan Thompson beat Benjamin Bonzi: 7-5, 6-7 (2), 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Oliver Tarvet (Q): 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Billy Harris: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Andrey Rublev (14) beat Lloyd Harris: 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (17) beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 1-6, 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Valentin Royer (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (1)
• Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Learner Tien: 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Frances Tiafoe (12): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
• Joao Fonseca beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4