Defend the title of Wimbledon Champion Hands for the best classified rival
London (AP) – Jannik Sinner insisted from the beginning in Wimbledon that gave an unbearable loss to Carlos Alcaraz in his final epic of the France Open behind him. Sinner was sure that a defeat would not pursue him, he would not avoid rapid recalibration and certainly mean nothing in the All England Club.
Surely I was right above all that.
Exactly five weeks after the devastating defeat in Roland-Garros against his rival, Sinner reversed the result, beating the two-time defending champion of Wimbledon Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to win his first championship in the Grass-Court Major.
“At the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter how you win or lose important tournaments. You just have to understand what you did wrong. Trying to work on that, that is exactly what we did. We tried to accept the loss and then continue working,” Sinner said on Sunday, his brilliant gold hardware in his hands. “And this is, sure, why I am holding this trophy here.”
The classified sinner No. 1 won his fourth Grand Slam title in general, away from the total of Alcaraz No. 2, since the two stars of the game not established by the rest of the pack in male tennis.
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Sinner, a 23-year-old Italian, ended several gusts for Alcaraz, a 22-year-old Spanish, who had been 5-0 in the Grand Slam finals.
Alcaraz had won his last five games, more famous in five sets and almost 5 1/2 hours in the red clay of the France Open on June 8. Sinner took an advantage of two setes, then had a trio of party points, but could not close the agreement.
“Today it was important not only because it was a Grand Slam final, not only because it was Wimbledon, and not only because Carlos had won the last five games against him,” said Darren Cahill, one of Sinner’s two coaches, who had planned to leave the team at the end of 2025, but now he could stay. “I needed that victory today. So I knew the importance of closing this when I had the opportunities.”
When asked during week 1 in Wimbledon if what happened in Paris created persistent doubts, Sinner immediately replied: “Why negative feelings? Because I lost in (that) final?”
Then he continued: “No. Look, it is a new tournament, new Grand Slam, new surface. I am not worried about my level that I can play … I am not worried that a loss can influence you for so long. I think there is a new opportunity that I can do something good.”
Great, even.
This time, he did not hesitate, affirming himself in a match that had moments of excellent play of both men, but also the occasional failures, and a memorable, brief interruption, just before a sinner that serves when a champagne cork flew out of the stands and settled in the Turf.
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With Prince William and Princess Kate in the Caja Real, along with King Felipe VI of Spain, Alcaraz entered the court of the Sunlight Bathroom Center with a better undefeated 24 -game race. He had won 20 games in a row at All England Club.
“It’s hard to lose,” said Alcaraz. “It’s always difficult to lose.”
The last man to hit him in Wimbledon? Sinner, in the fourth round in 2022.
So this served as a Bookend victory for Sinner, who would be forgiven for at least think a little about his collapse in his last game, especially when he faces two rest points while serving 4-3, 15-40 on the fourth set on Sunday.
But calmly took the next four points to take that game, then I was soon serving the victory after a choir of “Car-Los! It rang from the spectators.
“The things that came to their way in Paris,” Sinner said, “he left this time.”
When he finished, he put both hands on his white hat. After hugging Alcaraz, Sinner bent down with his head inclined, then hit his right palm on the grass.
He has participated in four consecutive main finals, including the triumphs in the Open of US, shortly after the world learned about a doping case that finally led to a three -month prohibition, and the Australian Open.
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Using the same tape job and the white arm sleeve to protect his right elbow he has been using since he fell in the fourth round, Sinner never showed any problem, as he had not done when eliminating Novak Djokovic on Friday.
In the final, Sinner and Alcaraz produced twinkling points, with few, if any, medium socks. They ran at maximum speed and moved away with all their strength, rarely bowed to the will of the other.
From 4-2 down, Alcaraz took four games in a row. That drizzle included an ace of 140 mph that sprayed the air with a cloud of white chalk dust and a backward and setback winner at an impossible angle after barely obtaining his racket in the ball.
When the fans got up and roared, Alcaraz pointed to his ear and turned, then pumped his right fist above.
Sinner did not discourage, he quickly broke to lead the second set. He returned exceptionally, even when Alcaraz served aggressively, which led 15 Aces, but also to a percentage of 53% and seven double offenses.
As in the France Open, there was often a relentless intensity in these more than three hours, and any small false step created problems. It was Alcaraz who had more of those, although Sinner could have had the most memorable, blowing an overload just after reaching a volley medium behind the back and through the legs in the third set.
In total, these guys showed why they combined to win the last seven Grand Slam trophies, and nine of the last 12.
Timely, this marked the first time that the same two men faced each other in the title matches in the open of France and Wimbledon in the same year since Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal did so in 2006, 2007 and 2008. It had not happened for more than half a century before that trilogy.
“I am very, very happy to have this rivalry with him,” Alcaraz said about Sinner. “It’s great for us, and it’s great for tennis.”
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