World's No. 1 Tennis Player Gives Update on Wimbledon Injury

It's perhaps overshadowed by the pec muscle injury that made his opponent retire mid-match, but Jannik Sinner also suffered an injury while playing at Wimbledon on July 7.

The degree to which is not yet clear. It's also not clear whether the world's top-ranked men's tennis player will be sidelined from future Wimbledon play due to the injury.

Sinner gave an update on the elbow injury during his post-match press conference.

The injury occurred in the first game against Grigor Dimitrov, when Sinner "attempted to reach a deep backhand and subsequently fell to the ground, landing on his extended right arm," according to the ATP Tour. He then took a medical timeout but continued to play.

"It was a quite unfortunate fall," Sinner said. "I checked the videos a little bit, and it didn't seem a tough one, but I still felt it quite a lot, especially serve and forehand. I could feel it. So let's see. Tomorrow we are going to check to see how it is, and then we'll see."

According to the ATP Tour, Sinner will have an MRI to assess the injury's severity, which was not known on the evening of July 7.

Sinner added, "Here they have good ATP physios, in any case. The doctor's good. As I said, tomorrow we are going to check with MRI to see if there's something serious, and then we try to adjust it."

Sinner's injury update comes after his opponent, Grigor Dimitrov, dramatically withdrew mid-match even though he was ahead 2 sets to 0. Dimitrov injured his pectoral muscle after a powerful ace serve.  In a heartbreaking sequence of events, he then had to leave the match.

Sinner, who is scheduled to play Ben Shelton on July 9,  also spoke about Dimitrov's injury during the press conference.

"He served incredibly well. Very precise, also very fast. Changed up the game very, very well," he said of Dimitrov. "It was a bit breezy, and he used the wind in the best possible way. I could feel that he prepared the match in a very good way, and he executed even better. He was playing some great tennis...I think he's showing his potential. It's very unfortunate, as I said on court. I wish him a speedy recovery."

Sinner said Dimitrov was playing "incredible tennis for two sets. And it's not the way you want to finish a match, no."

Asked about facing Shelton, Sinner said "the return of the serve" is the first thing he will focus on. "He knows how to play on every surface," he added.

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