{"id":231611,"date":"2025-07-01T17:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/top-seed-sinner-eases-into-wimbledon-open-second-round-channels-television\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:03:12","slug":"top-seed-sinner-eases-into-wimbledon-open-second-round-channels-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/top-seed-sinner-eases-into-wimbledon-open-second-round-channels-television\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Seed Sinner Eases Into Wimbledon Open Second Round \u2022 Channels Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top Seed Sinner Eases Into Wimbledon Open Second Round \u2022 Channels Television<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top seed Jannik Sinner eased into the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday, brushing aside fellow Italian Luca Nardi in straight sets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfazed by the searing heat, Sinner barely broke sweat in a 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 victory lasting just one hour and 48 minutes on Court One.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy to come back here to such a special place for me,\u201d Sinner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying an Italian is very unfortunate but one has to go through and luckily it was me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner last week insisted his surprise decision to part with two of his coaching staff on the eve of Wimbledon would not affect his bid to win the tournament for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>He opted to move on from Marco Panichi and Ulises Badio, his trainer and physiotherapist, as he looks for a new direction following his painful French Open final loss to Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n<p>The pair had been employed by Sinner since September 2024, helping him retain the Australian Open crown in January and reach the Roland Garros showpiece in June.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the decision might jeopardise his Wimbledon challenge over the next fortnight, Sinner was adamant it would be beneficial, with coaches Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill still on his staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-title display-3\"><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> Alcaraz Survives, Sabalenka Cruises On Wimbledon\u2019s Hottest Opening Day<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_938318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-938318\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-938318\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250701__64EL2G8__v4__MidRes__TopshotTennisGbrWimbledon.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250701__64EL2G8__v4__MidRes__TopshotTennisGbrWimbledon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250701__64EL2G8__v4__MidRes__TopshotTennisGbrWimbledon-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250701__64EL2G8__v4__MidRes__TopshotTennisGbrWimbledon-768x512.jpg 768w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250701__64EL2G8__v4__MidRes__TopshotTennisGbrWimbledon.jpg\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-938318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250701__64EL2G8__v4__MidRes__TopshotTennisGbrWimbledon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250701__64EL2G8__v4__MidRes__TopshotTennisGbrWimbledon.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250701__64EL2G8__v4__MidRes__TopshotTennisGbrWimbledon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250701__64EL2G8__v4__MidRes__TopshotTennisGbrWimbledon-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250701__64EL2G8__v4__MidRes__TopshotTennisGbrWimbledon-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-938318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Italy\u2019s Jannik Sinner plays a forehand return to Italy\u2019s Luca Nardi during their men\u2019s singles first round tennis match on the second day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 1, 2025. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS \/ AFP) \/ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the evidence of his dominant display against Nardi the world number one, who returned from a three-month doping ban in May, will be just fine regardless of the coaching shake-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe worked a lot after Halle (grass-court tournament) on the serve and in important moments I felt I was serving very well,\u201d Sinner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst matches are never easy, so I\u2019m very happy with the performance. It\u2019s a new tournament, new challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t enjoy to play on these courts, I don\u2019t know where you will enjoy. I will try to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner has won three of the past six Grand Slams, but the 23-year-old blew a two-set lead and wasted three match points as Alcaraz staged a comeback for the ages to win the French Open final.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner has failed to reach the Wimbledon final in his four visits, with a last-four appearance in 2023 ranking as his best effort.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian\u2019s Wimbledon preparations were also dented by a shock last-16 defeat against Alexander Bublik at Halle.<\/p>\n<p>Playing world number 95 Nardi for the first time, Sinner had little trouble dispatching the 21-year-old in his first Grand Slam match since that bitter defeat at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner recently released a duet titled Polvere e Gloria, which means Dust and Glory, with renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian will hope he continues hitting all the right notes in his Wimbledon title bid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>sinners,Wimbledon<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2025\/07\/01\/top-seed-sinner-eases-into-wimbledon-open-second-round\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Seed Sinner Eases Into Wimbledon Open Second Round \u2022 Channels Television \u00a0 \u00a0 Top seed Jannik Sinner eased into the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday, brushing aside fellow Italian Luca Nardi in straight sets. Unfazed by the searing heat, Sinner barely broke sweat in a 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 victory lasting just one hour and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":231612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[173],"tags":[194,165],"class_list":["post-231611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-sinners","tag-wimbledon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}