Jannik Sinner 'caught a break' as coach makes confession after Wimbledon win

Jannik Sinner's coach Darren Cahill has admitted the world No. 1 "caught a break" in his fourth-round match against Grigor Dimitrov before going on to win Wimbledon. The Italian trailed the 34-year-old by two sets to love, and it was 2-2 in the third set when Dimitrov was suddenly forced to retire in tears with a pectoral injury.

It meant Sinner was able to advance to the quarter-final, and he won his last three matches in statement fashion, dropping just one set, to be crowned the Wimbledon winner for the first time by beating two-time reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz in the final. But Cahill knew the Italian got off lightly against Dimitrov.

The Australian tennis coach said: "Great challenge for us actually, because he caught a break, no question about it. He was just getting his teeth into that match. Best of five, you never know what's going to happen.

"We in the box still had great belief he was going to dig his way out of that hole, and we felt like he was just starting to play the way we wanted.

"But anything can happen on grass. The way Grigor was playing, if he continued to play at that level, then yeah, he was a good chance to close it out.

"But we in the box always had faith that he was going to get himself out of that match. But yes, he caught a break."

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