Sinner breezes past Kecmanovic to reach Wimbledon 4th round
The top seed and World No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings needed four sets to defeat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yannick-hanfmann/h997/overview'Yannick Hanfmann/a in the first round and fellow Italian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a in the second round, when he needed to produce some of his best tennis to move past the former a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a finalist./p
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But strong serving and measured play from the baseline was enough to take Sinner to a routine win over Kecmanovic in one hour, 37 minutes. After dropping serve three times against Berrettini, the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a champion didn’t face a break point until the final game of the match and dropped just six points on his first serve. /P
p“It’s been a very, very busy day here on the Centre Court so I’m glad to finish it off and now get some good recovery,” Sinner said. “It feels great to be back here… I love the atmosphere here./pp
“Me and my team are working very hard to be in this position. My game has improved but we still keep making sacrifices to improve more. I feel the combination with me and my team, we try to get better each day as a player and a person.”/p
pSinner spent 27 per cent of the match in attacking positions compared to Kecmanovic's 22 per cent. He clipped 35 winners to 16, including 11 aces./p
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Sinner next faces the winner of the all-left-handed battle between 14th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a and Canadian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/denis-shapovalov/su55/overview'Denis Shapovalov/a; that match was suspended due to rain after just five games were completed Friday. /pp
A potential semi-final showdown with defending champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a remains alive, following the Spaniard's five-set win over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a earlier in the day. /p
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Sinner has the chance to tighten his grip on the quest to finish the year No. 1 for the first time by taking the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a title. Sinner already boasts a 1,135-point lead over second-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, which serves as an indicator of who will claim ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours. /pp
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