Jannik Sinner finds his touch to ease past Jenson Brooksby into Wimbledon fourth round

[p]Having been dragged ‌into a five-set battle in his opener and forced to negotiate two tiebreaks in ‌the next, the Italian looked ⁠increasingly at ‌home on the grass of Court One and ​gave [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brooksby-jenson/MoOtVkbN/"]Brooksby[/a] very few opportunities to disrupt his rhythm.[/p][p]"[b]I'm ‌very happy about the win, I'm trying to improve every day[/b]," said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Sinner[/a], who arrived at the All England Club without a competitive match on grass courts ‌after his shock French Open defeat in the ⁠second round.[/p][p]"[b]A small step forwards ‌today, trying to get better. If I want to go far in this ​tournament, there are a couple of things that we need to work on[/b]."[/p][embed guid="5eab58d4-7c71-4c40-96ac-6c2d3e33b812" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2073074704110305325" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 24-year-old got ​down to business with little interest in another energy-sapping encounter on a ⁠warm afternoon, grabbing ​a break for a 4-3 lead after Brooksby sent his forehand long, and then motoring through the opening set ‌in only 37 minutes.[/p][p]World number 81 Brooksby looked to mix it up and drew Sinner to the net more in the next set, but there would be no payoff as the four-times Grand Slam champion countered it with his superb movement and swiftly doubled ‌his lead in the match.[/p][p]A blistering ​backhand winner helped Brooksby break first ‌in the next set but top seed Sinner responded immediately and held his nerve after dropping serve late on for a last 16 meeting ⁠with Japanese ⁠qualifier [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mochizuki-shintaro/KrwvlzXb/"]Shintaro Mochizuki[/a].[/p][image alt="Sinner puts his ear to the crowd after a point" id="30f2c646-3d3d-4797-9d1a-5a0d37855ea1" credit-line="REUTERS / Jaimi Joy" guid="a842075f-9f75-47c8-9f78-a7d37208bf89" original-width="3020" original-height="1968" /][p]"[b]I've never played him (before). Whoever is in the fourth round of a Grand Slam deserves to be there. So it's going to be a tough match[/b]," Sinner said.[/p][p]"[b]I ‌know that he played against a very tough opponent today, so ​especially on this surface it's unpredictable. If you have a flat ‌on the wrong day, it's tough to get out, so let's see[/b].[/p][p]"[b]But, of course, I try to look more on my side of the net, trying to be the best as I can in a couple of days. I'm trying to recover as ⁠well, and then we'll see ⁠how it goes. But it's ‌always special to be back here[/b]."[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/brooksby-j-MoOtVkbN/sinner-j-6HdC3z4H/?mid=GAzHKLTk"]See all the stats from the match[/a][/b][/p][infobox id="e4d8200d-597f-48d7-83c2-d394f1217426" /]