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Sinner's Wimbledon debut in the derby with Nardi. Eight Italians on the field today: program and TV

Sinner's Wimbledon debut in the derby with Nardi. Eight Italians on the field today: program and TV

It's the day of Jannik Sinner 's debut at Wimbledon . The world number one is expected in the derby with Luca Nardi , n. 95, who in his career on grass has won just 2 matches out of 8. The appointment is at 2 pm on Centre Court. The second day of the tournament sees another 7 Italians on the court. Two more than expected because Giulio Zeppieri and Matteo Arnaldi must finish the matches interrupted on Monday evening due to darkness. The Roman will resume around 2 pm on court n. 4 the match with the Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki suspended at 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (6/8), more or less at the same time, on court n. 12, the Ligurian will attempt a very difficult climb against the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp after having lost the first two sets 6-7 (4/7), 6-7 (5/7).

Sonego and Cocciaretto open the program

Many Italians will play at lunchtime. The first to take to the court, at 12, will be Lorenzo Sonego and Elisabetta Cocciaretto . The Turin native, no. 47, opens the program on no. 8 challenging the Portuguese Jaime Faria , no. 116, coming from the qualifiers. The Marche native, no. 116, has a very tough task on no. 2 against the no. 3 seed, Jessica Pegula . The two faced each other at Wimbledon two years ago and then the American won with a clear 6-4, 6-0.

In the afternoon it's Musetti and Bronzetti's turn

At the same time as the Italian derby (around 2 pm) , Lorenzo Musetti , seeded no. 7, and Lucia Bronzetti will also be playing. The Tuscan, returning after an injury to his left adductor, will face Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili , no. 126, on court no. 2, immediately after Cocciaretto. The score between the two is 1-1 with Basilashvili winning 7-5, 6-2 on the grass of Stuttgart 2022 and with Musetti taking revenge at the end of the same year in Paris-Bercy, beating him 6-4, 6-2. The Tuscan, no. 63, will challenge Swiss Jil Teichmann , on court no. 5, who she had already beaten 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 on the hard court of Ningbo, China, in 2023.

Cobolli also on the field

The last to enter the field (around 5pm) will be Flavio Cobolli , seeded no. 22, who in the third match at no. 16 will face the Kazakh Beibit Zhukayev , no. 247, coming from the qualifiers.

Where to watch Wimbledon on TV and streaming

The Wimbledon tournament will be broadcast live exclusively by Sky, which will make 11 channels available: Sky Sport Tennis (channel 203), with the entire programme of the Centre Court; Sky Sport Arena (channel 204), with the selection of the most interesting matches of the other courts; Sky Sport Uno (channel 201), which will alternate the matches with the other major live events; the Sky Sport channels from 251 to 256, renamed for the occasion Sky Sport Wimbledon 1-6, and Sky Sport 4K. In addition, with Sky Sport Mix it will be possible to access Diretta Wimbledon, which will take the viewer from one court to the other to follow all the most important moments of the matches in progress. And thanks to the Split Screen - accessible from the green button on the Sky remote control - it will be possible to follow two matches at the same time on the same screen. The matches will be available in streaming on SkyGo and on Now.

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