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06/29 11:28 CDT Defending champion Sinner comes back to beat Kecmanovic in 5
sets in 1st round of Wimbledon
Defending champion Sinner comes back to beat Kecmanovic in 5 sets in 1st round
of Wimbledon
By ANDREW DAMPF
AP Sports Writer
LONDON (AP) --- 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, the top-ranked 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.
Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 champion, remains the only Wimbledon men's singles
winner in the professional era (since 1968) to have lost in the first round the
following year. The Australian was defeated by Ivo Karlovic in his 2003 opener.
Sinner hadn't played an official match since he struggled with dizziness during
a heat wave at Roland Garros, where after being within one game of concluding
his second-round match in straight sets, he was beaten by Juan Manuel Cerundolo
in five.
The match with Kecmanovic was played in ideal conditions, with sunny skies and
the temperature 24 degrees Celsius (75 Fahrenheit).
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