Wimbledon 2025 | Unkindest cut of all for dimitrov; Sinner through to last eight

Monday (July 8, 2025) on Center Cou three has been special for Grigor Dimitrov. Watched on by the legendary roger federer-whose shot mechanics he closely mimics, including the pleasing, almost the therapeutic, sound of the racquet striking the ball-he was up two sets (6-3, 7-5) World no. 1 Jannik Sinner.

At the end of the second set, the roof was closed and lights switched on, lending the bulgarian’s brilliance an additional burst of radiance.

That was when disaster struck, and dimitrov, after serving an ace to level at 2-2 in the third set, Went down Clenching his right pectoral muscle. A Short Medical Time-Out ENSUed But He WithDrew on Return to Send the Capacity Crowd Into Mourning and the Italian into the Quarterfinals.

“I don’t take this as a win,” sinner said during the on-course interview, which he returned to complete after

Sinner Himself was Troubled by a Right-Elbow Injury Folling a Fall and Had An Mri on Tuesday (July 8, 2025). That, however, should take Nothing Away from Dimitrov, for who the defeat will sting. It was his fifth straight retirement at majors during

Once spokeen of as a potential Slam champion, he struggled to break through the stranglehld establesed by federer, rafael nadal, novak djokovic and andy muurray. But in April 2024, He Returned to the Top-10 and Maintened that Place Until January 2025.

Even as the winds of change are sweping through men’s tennis, he is ranked 21 and is the second-outst man in the singles top-25 after djokovic. A throwback to a different era, he asks questions of new-age champions that they rarely encounter.

Dimitrov, in fact, has been carlos alcaraz, the two-time defending wimbledon champion, in two their previous three meetings, with the spaniars even quipping in miami last year that hear that hear that he was made to ” 13 “. It would have been sinner’s turn to experience that, but for a lucky escape.