Jannik Sinner is through to the Wimbledon quarterfinals, though not in the way he wanted. Sinner lost the first two sets of his fourth-round match with Grigor Dimitrov on Monday before Dimitrov was forced to retire from the match after suffering an apparent pectoral injury.

Grigor Dimitrov appears to be in good spirits after his unfortunate exit from Wimbledon on Monday. While en route to upsetting World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the round of 16, up 2-0 in sets, Dimitrov was forced to withdraw from the match with a partial pectoral tear.

Grigor Dimitrov broke silence following a heartbreaking retirement from his Wimbledon fourth-round clash against world no. 1, Jannik Sinner. Grigor forged a 6-3, 7-5, 2-2 advantage before shoulder pain forced him to stop, marking one of the most devastating moments of his career.

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After winning the first two sets and having Sinner in serious upset danger, Grigor Dimitrov had to retire due to injury in the third set. The 34-year-old from Bulgaria had battled injuries for much of his career, and he knew something was wrong with his pectoral muscle after a serve.

It was a major reprieve for Sinner, the three-time grand slam winner who looked set to be on the end of a seismic shock in front of a stunned Centre Court. The Italian had slipped on the baseline in the opening game and took a medical timeout midway through the second set for treatment on his right wrist and elbow.

THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, LONDON — World No. 1 Jannik Sinner was on the precipice of a fourth-round exit from Wimbledon when he ended up on the receiving end of the absolute worst kind of good luck in sports.

Leading Jannik Sinner by two sets, Grigor Dimitrov suffered a pectoral injury at Wimbledon, forcing his retirement from the match and sending the top seed to the quarterfinals.

The 34-year-old Bulgarian won the first two sets 6-3, 7-5 and was tied with Sinner 2-2 in the third when he went down with the injury.

Dimitrov led Sinner by two sets to love when he sustained an injury, costing a potential Wimbledon upset against the world No 1

Dimitrov & Jannik Sinner share an embrace as Grigor retires from their match at Wimbledon due to injury Grigor has had to deal with so much over the last few years Hard to watch this happen to anyone, especially someone as kind & hardworking as him 💔 pic.twitter.com/2k7gXAxgDq

WADA accepted Sinner’s explanation that he was accidentally contaminated by a massage from his physiotherapist, who used a spray containing the banned substance to treat a finger cut. They ruled that Sinner ‘did not intend to cheat’ but insisted that he was responsible for his team’s negligence, which ultimately saw him punished.