World number 1 tennis player Jannik Sinner, who glided into the finals of Wimbledon, defeating Novak Djokovic, has been wearing a compression elbow sleeve due to an injury he sustained early in the tournament.

Jannik Sinner risked a lot against Grigor Dimitrov in the round of 16 of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, despite starting as a clear favorite and having defeated the Bulgarian ace in four of their five official matches.

Dimitrov was playing fantastic tennis, running Sinner around the court and delivering booming serves. Dimitrov won the first set 6-3 and survived a hard-charging comeback attempt from the Italian in the second to take the set 7-5 and put the world No. 1 in a desperate position.

Follow our analysis and reactions from day eight at Wimbledon as Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic moved into the quarterfinals

Jannik Sinner has advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals despite hurting his right elbow on a fall and dropping the first two sets.

Sinner is the World No. 1 and a -330 favorite to beat the rising American, but there are more concerns about the Italian coming into this match than Shelton. The most notable is that Sinner injured his elbow in his match against Grigor Dimitrov on Monday, and it was uncertain whether or not he would even be able to play on Wednesday.

As Jannik Sinner pursues a fourth Grand Slam, he'll have somewhat of a physical limitation at Wimbledon. The Italian tennis star and world No. 1 is wearing a sleeve over his right arm for his quarterfinals matchup against Ben Shelton, a result of an injury he sustained in the last round.

Tuesday at Wimbledon will feature a quarterfinal between No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner and No. 10 seed Ben Shelton in the first men's singles match of the day.