Jannik Sinner starts his Wimbledon quarterfinal against Ben Shelton with a sleeve on his hurt elbow

LONDON AP Jannik Sinner has started his Wimbledon quarterfinal against Ben Shelton on Wednesday with a white arm sleeve over the right elbow he hurt in his previous match The No -ranked Sinner injured himself when he slipped and fell in the first tournament of his fourth-rounder against Grigor Dimitrov on Monday night Sinner felt pain when he hit serves or forehands and dropped the first two sets of that contest but moved into the quarterfinals when Dimitrov was forced to quit in the third set because he injured a chest muscle Sinner a three-time Grand Slam champion and the runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open last month had an MRI exam on Tuesday and initially canceled a practice session that day but did hit particular balls in a light session at an indoor court later No Shelton a -year-old American was trying to reach his third major semifinal Wednesday He also made it that far at the U S Open losing to Novak Djokovic and at this year s Australian Open losing to Sinner The other men s quarterfinal Wednesday was -time Slam champion Djokovic against No seed Flavio Cobolli Two-time defending champion Alcaraz and U S Open runner-up Taylor Fritz advanced to the semifinals with victories Tuesday AP tennis https apnews com hub tennis Source