London, June 30:
Defending champion Jannik Sinner had to come back from a set down twice and regain his composure following a worrisome tumble to the grass in a five-set victory over 50th-ranked Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round of Wimbledon on Monday.
A month after his French Open meltdown, Sinner produced a 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-3 win that lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes in the honorary opening match on Centre Court reserved for the past year’s men’s singles champion.
Emma Raducanu withdrew from Wimbledon because of a stress fracture in her right leg, leaving the tournament without its highest-profile British player.
Raducanu, the 2021 US Open champion, announced the decision on Instagram on Sunday evening. She had been set to open play on No. 1 Court on Monday against Antonia Ruzic. She had been dealing with the injury since a run to the final at Queen’s Club this month.