Wimbledon Shock: Jannik Sinner Topples Carlos Alcaraz at All England Club to Capture First-Ever Title
Jannik Sinner ends the hopes of Carlos Alcaraz from winning a third straight Wimbledon title with four-set win
World No 1 Jannik Sinner dethroned two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to seal his maiden Wimbledon title with a stylish four-set win.
Sinner ended a five-match losing streak to Alcaraz, winning 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4, just 35 days after losing an epic French Open title to the Spaniard
The 23-year-old now holds three of the four Grand Slam titles and will head to Roland-Garros next year chasing the career Grand Slam.
The victory in three hours and four minutes was nearly two-and-a-half hours quicker than their Roland Garros epic.
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Sinner, who was on the brink of defeat against Grigor Dimitrov in the fourth round until his pectoral muscle injury changed the course of tennis history, celebrated by thrusting both arms aloft, puts their rivalry back on a knife edge, with the 23-year-old now trailing Alcaraz only by five Grand Slam titles to four and putting an end to a five-match losing streak against the Spaniard.
It is also Sinner’s first major title away from his favoured hard courts, while Alcaraz suffered a first major final defeat, unable to find the same magic that had brought him back from the brink on the clay.
Sinner said in his on-court presentation: “I had a very tough loss in Paris. But it doesn’t really matter how you win or lose the important tournaments, you just have to understand what you did wrong, try to work on that.
The 23-year-old Sinner drew first blood in the first Wimbledon men’s final contested by a pair born in the 2000s, breaking for a 3-2 lead, but Alcaraz was certainly not holding back, slamming down a 136mph ace to start the match and hitting 139 in his second service game – a new record for the Spaniard, until he twice clocked 140 later in the contest.
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Sinner struck the first blow, a wild Alcaraz forehand handing over the first break in the fifth game, but back came the second seed with three games in a row.
Soon that was four, with Alcaraz winning surely one of the best set-winning rallies seen on Centre Court: Sinner’s 118mph second serve was returned with interest, Alcaraz angled a forehand out wide, his rival thumped a forehand into the corner only for the Spaniard to somehow conjure a backhand winner.
He stood with his finger pointed to his head as the crowd rose to acclaim another piece of tennis wizardry.
