Sinner starts Wimbledon bid against fellow Italian Nardi

LONDON :The opening round of Wimbledon continues on Tuesday where world number one Jannik Sinner begins his bid for a fourth Grand Slam crown and Coco Gauff starts her quest to follow up her French Open success.

TOP MEN'S MATCH: JANNIK SINNER V LUCA NARDI

Top seed Sinner has never reached a Wimbledon final but having reached the French Open decider for the first time earlier in June, the Italian will hope to put that right this time around.

Sinner lost out to Carlos Alcaraz in that Roland Garros thriller, before his grass season began with exiting the Halle Open, which he won last year, at the second hurdle, but the Italian has already put that defeat by Alexander Bublik behind him.

"What happened in the past is in the past already," Sinner told reporters.

"I have some good feelings coming here, even though it's a bit different than last year, coming with the win in Halle.

"But it's good. I had some time off before coming here. We are practicing very well."

Sinner will take on compatriot Luca Nardi, the first meeting of the Italians, and the 21-year-old has never advanced beyond the first round of a Grand Slam tournament. Nardi lost his only grass match this season going out in the Eastbourne qualifiers.

TOP WOMEN'S MATCH: DAYANA YASTREMSKA V COCO GAUFF

World number two Gauff comes in full of confidence after her French Open win but the American has yet to go beyond the fourth round at Wimbledon, and for now that is her main ambition.

"The next goal coming up, obviously to have a good result here," Gauff told reporters.

"I've lost in the fourth round a few times, so I would love to get past that stage.

"I would love to win this, but I'm a big believer in just conquering one step at a time. If I get past that stage, then I'll start