Wimbledon 2025: Sinner cruises past Nardi, Musetti crashes out on Day 2

Top seed Jannik Sinner made a commanding start to his Wimbledon 2025 campaign on Tuesday, breezing past compatriot Luca Nardi 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 in a men’s singles first-round match in under two hours on a scorching day in London. While his rival Carlos Alcaraz was pushed to five sets by Fabio Fognini the previous day, Sinner delivered a masterclass in efficiency on Court 1, where temperatures touched 34°C.
The World No. 1 didn’t face a single break point during the one-hour, 48-minute encounter and converted five of the 13 break chances he created. Looking composed and sharp throughout, Sinner’s performance sent a clear message as he continues his pursuit of a fourth Grand Slam title.
He will next face Australian Aleksandar Vukic in the second round.
“I’m very happy to come back here. It’s such a special place for me. Playing against an Italian is very unfortunate for us, but one has to go through, so I’m happy that it is me. The atmosphere, as always, is amazing. Thanks so much. I know it’s very hot, very humid. I don’t remember the last time it was this weather in London,” said Sinner.
While Sinner surged forward, fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti suffered a shock early exit, becoming the third Top 10 player to fall in the opening round of the Championships. Musetti, seeded seventh and a semifinalist last year, was upset by Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in a physically taxing battle on Court No. 2.
Musetti had led the Tour with 12 grass-court wins this year but entered Wimbledon without a warm-up match, still recovering from a leg injury sustained during his Roland Garros semi-final. Against a resurgent Basilashvili, the World No. 7 looked undercooked and visibly hampered, eventually falling in two hours and 25 minutes.
The result continues Musetti’s inconsistent Grand Slam form, his third first-round exit at Wimbledon, and another loss to a player ranked outside the Top 120. Basilashvili, who struck 48 winners in the match, will next face Lorenzo Sonego.
With Musetti joining Holger Rune and Daniil Medvedev on the casualty list, the men’s draw has already seen notable shake-ups, and it is just Day 2 of the ultimate championship.
Cocciaretto stuns No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula in 58 minutes
Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy delivered the biggest upset of the 2025 Wimbledon so far, ousting No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-3 in just 58 minutes in a women’s singles first-round match here on Tuesday. The result was the quickest defeat of a Top 5 seed at a major since Jule Niemeier’s 58-minute 6-4, 6-0 defeat of Anett Kontaveit in the second round of Wimbledon 2022, as per WTA.
Cocciaretto took the ball relentlessly early to redirect all of the Americans’ pace, tallying 17 winners to Pegula’s five. She also served flawlessly, conceding just eight points in total behind her delivery, and did not face a break point during the match — while capturing Pegula’s serve three times.
Cocciaretto advanced to the third round of Wimbledon for the second time, and reversed her 6-4, 6-0 loss to Pegula at that stage in 2023. Pegula fell in the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time since Roland Garros 2020, where she lost her opener to Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 6-1.
“I was so pumped to play Wimbledon this year,” Cocciaretto said in her on-court interview. “I couldn’t wait until the match started, I was practising so hard.”
The reason she was extra-pumped? Not just her love of Wimbledon or affinity for grass, but also in order to banish the memories of 2024. This time last year, she was ranked No. 43, but is now down at No. 116.
“I had a lot of stops last year. I was in the hospital and I was sick for one month,” Cocciaretto continued. “That’s why I couldn’t play here and that’s why I was so pumped…I don’t think too much about my ranking right now. The journey of tennis is long. You have to adapt yourself, you have to enjoy, but also you have to deal with life.”
Born in Ancona, the 21-year-old Cocciaretto had the highest ranking of No. 29 on the WTA ranking on August 21, 2023. She made her WTA debut as a wildcard at the Italian Open in May 2019 and qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at the Australian Open 2020, where she lost to 17th-seeded Angelique Kerber in the first round. Her best performance at Wimbledon was the second round that she reached in 2022.