Jannik Sinner on course to break 47-year Bjorn Borg record as Wimbledon march continues
Jannik Sinner remains on course to break a 47-year-old Grand Slam record after easing past Pedro Martínez at Wimbledon.
The N0. 1 seed strolled to a 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 victory against Martínez who appeared to be struggling with a shoulder injury during the third-round match-up.
Sinner though has been at his dominant best so far in the tournament, dropping just 17 games in his three matches, and he could well break the record for the fewest games lost in a title-winning run.
The current holder of that record is Bjorn Borg who lost just 32 games during his 1978 French Open win.
As it stands, Sinner can lose 15 more games in a possible four remaining matches to match the feat of the Swede. On average, B0rg dropped 4.57 games per match while Sinner is currently losing 5.66 per match.
Sinner has also surpassed Roger Federer in terms of the fewest games conceded on route to the round of 16. Federer previously held the record for the 19 he lost in 2004 but Sinner has cleared that with two to spare.
That stat was put to Sinner who was happy to be compared to the Swiss great.
“I watched, of course, matches of him and the classics, the all-time classics.
“The tennis was for sure a little bit different in a way of more serve and volleys back in the days. The grass was different.
“But yeah, obviously I enjoyed it so much, watching Roger play. I never played against him in an official match. But in the other way, how they played, it was amazing. But yeah, tennis has changed a little bit, that’s for sure.
“Yeah, about the games lost, this is whatever. I’m not looking on these kind of records. I know that everything can change very quickly from one round to the other. Yeah, but again, I’m very happy to be in the next round.
The 23-year-old also said his first week in SW19 “could not have gone better”
“Very happy with the win but we saw that Martinez was struggling. When you don’t serve well on this surface it is hard,” he said. “Huge respect to him to come out here and compete.”
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“Every time you enter a Grand Slam in the first week it is special, even more so at Wimbledon. We are trying to keep pushing but this week could not have gone better for me.”
“I feel like I haven’t won anything compared to all of the people in there [the Royal Bos]! It is a huge honour to play in front of you all. It is nice to see new faces from other sports.”
Sinner will face the winner of Grigor Dimitrov or Sebastian Ofner in the fourth round.
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