There’s not much shame in losing to guys named Sinner and Alcaraz in Grand Slams when they have shared the last six.

Italian top seed Jannik Sinner did not let an elbow injury hamper his performance as he beat American opponent Ben Shelton to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals.

At the end of the first set, Sinner finished with the almost laughably good statistics of 15 winners and one – yes, one! – unforced error.