Historic day for Italy at Wimbledon . Today the upper part of the men's round of 16 is being played, and there are three Italians on the court. It had never happened before on the London grass of the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, it is yet another record for the Italian tennis team that week after week reaps successes and shatters records.
A trio of qualifiers obtained despite the problems of Musetti and Berrettini, not at their best after a long stop and immediately eliminated in the first round. The usual Jannik Sinner is joined by Flavio Cobolli and Lorenzo Sonego .
We start at 12 with Cobolli , who has entered the top 20 after the extraordinary success in three easy sets over Mensik. The Roman faces a reborn Marin Cilic , the Croatian who reached the final here and who, at 37 years old and after several knee injuries, has found his best condition on the grass of Wimbledon. The match promises to be balanced, without a big favorite . At Roland Garros, in the first round, Cobolli defeated the Croatian in three easy sets: but it was a different surface, and it was a different Cilic.
Then it's Lorenzo Sonego's turn, second match on court number 1, where the program begins at 2 pm with a women's match. The Turin native starts as an underdog with Ben Shelton , the American left-hander with a fearsome serve who has already defeated him this year at the Australian Open and Roland Garros. But they were two battles that ended in the fourth and fifth sets, and the Italian hopes to be able to take revenge to challenge his friend Sinner in a historic quarterfinal .
Jannik obviously starts as the favorite but must watch out for Grigor Dimitrov , a very talented tennis player who is always dangerous on these courts. The first real test for the world number 1. Third match on the Center Court, where the program begins at 2:30 pm with Djokovic against De Minaur and continues with the women's match between Andreeva and Navarro. Unless there are marathons in the challenges, it could start around 7 pm.
