WIMBLEDON.- The Italian Jannik Sinnerworld number one in tennis, confirmed his reign this Sunday by winning his second tennis title. Wimbledonconsecutively, after defeating, in a final in which he lost the first set, the German Alexander Zverev.
In a tight match between the first and third in the world ranking, without the presence in this tournament of the number two, the Spanish Carlos Alcarazabsent due to injury, Sinner won 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 and 6-4.
After his victory, Sinner, 24, acknowledged having felt “nerves on Sunday morning, since it is a very special place,” he said.
“You never know how many times you’re going to come back here. I never take it for granted,” he added.
Sinner and Zverev, before the gaze of the princes of Welsh, William and Catherineand two of his three children, starred in a close duel, lasting 3 hours and 46 minutes, in which it was necessary to wait until the thirty-fourth game of the match for one of the finalists to break his rival’s serve.
At that moment, the Italian broke Zverev’s serve in the third set, opening the way to defeat the German, who won the first set in June. grand slam of his career, at 29 years old, by taking over Roland Garros.
“Incredible ending”
Sinner praised the German’s good game.
“If you play like this, I’m sure you’ll have one of these trophy,” said Sinner, addressing his rival and showing the won cup.
“We both started very well, serving very quickly. It was another incredible final. It takes two players to achieve something like this,” Sinner added.
“I am very happy for the victory, but above all I am very happy for the level of tennis that we have shown. There is no better place to play tennis,” he concluded.
Sinner had been surprisingly eliminated in the second round of the Paris tournament, in which Alcaraz did not participate either, due to his wrist injury.
Zverev, who had the presence of the German chancellor in the box, Friedrich Merz, He added his tenth consecutive loss against Sinner.
“The truth is, I don’t like you that much anymore. I’ve lost nine times (actually ten, in a row) to you,” Zverev joked during the trophy ceremony. “Unfortunately it couldn’t be. Congratulations, Jannik,” he added.
Zverev had his first and only advantage to break Sinner’s serve in the seventh game of the third set, but slipped when the Italian executed a dropshot.
Zverev overtakes Alcaraz
After that fall, the German grabbed his right knee and Sinner crossed the net to check the condition of his rival. The Italian helped Zverev up and the German was able to continue the match until the end.
Zverev, who in his previous participations at Wimbledon had never made it past the round of 16, has the consolation, for having reached the Wimbledon final, of displacing the Spanish Alcaraz from second place in the ranking.
The Italian, for his part, achieved his fifth Grand Slam title, since his two wins at Wimbledon (2025 and 2006) are joined by two others in the Australian Open (2024 and 2025) and one in the US Open (2024), Roland Garros being the only one that has resisted him so far.
Sinner, with his victory, pocketed prize money of 3.6 million pounds ($4.8 million), while Zverev took home 1.8 million pounds ($2.4 million).
The Italian, despite his early setback at Roland Garros, won his sixth title of the season, after also having won the first five Masters 1000 of the year.
