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Jul
Jannik Sinner was the winner of an epic Italian showdown on Centre Court as he defeated Matteo Berrettini to reach the third round at Wimbledon. The world number one needed three tie-breaks to triumph 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 7-6 (7-4) in a closely contested encounter that ended just 27 minutes before the All England Club’s 23:00 BST curfew. A Wimbledon finalist in 2021, Berrettini had been Italy’s leading man in tennis. But there has been a changing of the guard, with 22-year-old Sinner’s success in recent years propelling him ahead of his Davis Cup team-mate. “We are very good…