Grigor Dimitrov retires injured and in tears on verge of Wimbledon win over Jannik Sinner | Tennis | Sport

Published: 2025-07-07 21:16:41 | Views: 8


Grigor Dimitrov was forced to retire from his Wimbledon fourth-round clash with Jannik Sinner while two sets up over the top seed. The Bulgarian clutched his chest immediately after bombing down a serve and crouched to the ground before Sinner ran to the other side of the net to help.

Dimitrov was on the way to producing a massive upset, having won the first set 6-3 and the second 7-5. Prior to their meeting, Sinner had not dropped a set at this year's Championships and he was many people's pick for the men's title.

The pair were on serve in the third set when Dimitrov began to visibly struggle with what appeared to be a muscle issue in his pectoral region. He looked sheepish before attempting a first serve, and although he delivered an ace with it, he immediately slumped to the turf.

There were nervous looks in the Dimitrov box, and upon realising the severity of the situation, Sinner ran over to the other side of the net and crouched down to offer words of support while Dimitrov said: "My pec! My pec!"

Doctors ran onto the court to tend to the 34-year-old as BBC commentator Andrew Cotter said: "He's feeling that chest and Sinner comes quickly across, this is not good at all for Gregor Dimitrov. And this would be desperately desperately sad if this is the end, and it looks very very serious, as if it's a proper strain. We saw it a couple of points before, we saw his body language."

After receiving more medical attention on his chair, Dimitrov retreated behind the scenes for further assessment. But he was only gone for two minutes before re-emerging, visibly emotional, as he conceded the match to Sinner.

Dimitrov even had to use his left arm to support his right in order to reach up to the chair umpire and shake his hand. Centre Court rose to give Dimitrov a massive cheer as the three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist bowed out in brutal circumstances.

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