Sinner at Wimbledon: what time is he playing, the eighth-final draw

Today Church Road is tinged with blue, with three Italians in the round of 16. World number 1 Jannik Sinner and Grigor Dimitrov will compete on the centre court, third match scheduled starting at 2:30 pm (after Djokovic-deMinaur and Andreeva-Navarro), to compete for a place in the quarterfinals. The Bulgarian, 21st in the ATP rankings, 34 years old, in the previous rounds won over Nishioka, Moutet and Ofner. The head-to-head clashes say 4-1 for Jannik (the last victory in Paris last year, the only defeat in Rome in 2020).

But first, at 12, on court 2 there is Flavio Cobolli who has a great chance against the veteran Marin Cilic, born in 1988: he beat him in Paris in three sets a month ago. The Croatian, however, has a different effectiveness on grass, here he was a finalist in 2017 and this year he defeated the number 4 in the world Jack Draper. For Cobolli it is the first time in the eighth finals in a Slam, the opponent has experience on his side.

Between the matches of Cobolli and Sinner, in the middle, there is Lorenzo Sonego against Ben Shelton: it is the second match on court 1, starting at 2 pm (preceded by Alexandrova-Bencic). After the five-hour marathon with Nakashima, the Turin native is looking for a rematch with the American - tough and very powerful - with whom he has lost twice this year, at Roland Garros (another long battle in the fifth set) and at the Australian Open. Whoever prevails in this challenge will be on Sinner's way to the quarterfinals.

The other eighths

Speaking of marathons, yesterday there was a very intense one between Cameron Norrie and Nicolas Jarry: the former prevailed in the fifth set after four and a half hours. In the quarterfinals the British player met Alcaraz who yesterday struggled with Rublev, recovering from a set down. Successes also for Khachanov and Fritz, they will clash on Tuesday.