Sinner says he was lucky to avoid injury and march on in five-set Wimbledon opener

[p]The fall occurred in ‌the third set of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Sinner[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/kecmanovic-m-MTQ5CPOR/sinner-j-6HdC3z4H/?mid=jJmsWr9E"]4-6, 6-3, 6-7(6), ‌6-2, 6-3 win[/a], with the 24-year-old briefly clutching at his ‌left hip afterwards, but he soldiered on to seal ‌the win for a meeting with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/borges-nuno/hzbEPIOa/"]Nuno Borges[/a] in the second round.[/p][p]Sinner, who injured his elbow during the fourth round ‌of his triumphant Wimbledon run last year, ⁠was thankful that his ‌latest tumble did not cause any lasting damage and highlighted the ​need to continue moving positively.[/p][p][b]"One fall is a tough one because you can get injured,"[/b] ​Sinner told reporters.[/p][p][b]"It's the most normal thing. Grass courts are like this. Especially the first couple of matches when ⁠the grass is ​very new, you slip a bit more.[/b][/p][p][b]"I got lucky there because things can go wrong very quickly. I try to still trust in my movement. Also the third, ‌fourth and fifth sets were very important to keep moving in a natural way, which I did. I'm very glad nothing happened."[/b][/p][embed guid="63c6359e-3f9c-4124-abbd-6f41fc623aa0" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2071634330342834455" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Italian said being a talented skier in his youth did not necessarily mean that he had better technique to avoid injuries during falls.[/p][p]"There are some movements you can't really control. It's just normal instinct," Sinner said.[/p][p]"Skiing can help you in certain moments, ‌but not when you fall, when you have zero ​control. We did a lot of prevention before ‌this tournament because we knew things like this could happen potentially.[/p][p][b]"Today it happened. So the most important thing is to take this part away and keep moving like before because if not, when you're ⁠very scared, everything goes ⁠too slow. On this ‌surface, you can't do that."[/b][/p]