Wimbledon: Jannik Sinner Wins the First Set Against a Tenacious Borges

Jannik Sinner wins the first set against Nuno Borges in their second-round match at Wimbledon. In a first set dominated by serves, the champion from Sesto Pusteria keeps his cool on Center Court and wins the tiebreak 7-4.

The first set flies by, with serves taking center stage. Apart from the first game, when he was forced to save three break points, Borges was very solid on serve and gave the world No. 1 no chances. In contrast, the South Tyrolean champion was relentless (with 7 aces and no break points conceded to the Portuguese player) and almost always held his serve to love. The set quickly goes to a tiebreak: the Italian breaks the deadlock, winning 7-4.

The solidity on serve shown by Sinner in the first set comes as no surprise to those who closely followed his debut on the London grass. Already in the first round against Kecmanovic, which he won 4-6, 6-3, 6(6)-7, 6-2, 6-3, the South Tyrolean had fired off 31 aces—a statistic that had impressed the experts. Former tennis player Paolo Bertolucci, writing in *La Gazzetta dello Sport*, emphasized that what is most impressive is not just the number of aces, but “his phenomenal ability to bring out the best in his serve when the pressure is at its highest”—that is, during the decisive moments of the match.