In the men’s singles competition in London, in the grand final, the Italian tennis superstar after 3 hours and 46 minutes of battle with a score of 6:7(7), 7:6(2), 6:3, 6:4 defeated Alexander Zverev (ATP-2) and won his fifth career “Grand Slam” trophy.
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J.Sinner became only the tenth tennis player in history to successfully defend the Wimbledon champion title. It is worth noting that the 24-year-old tennis player has won 37 of the last 38 matches played.
By the way, for Jannik, this was the milestone 100th career victory in “Grand Slam” tournaments. Among active tennis players, this has only been achieved by Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Marin Čilić, A.Zverev, Gaël Monfils, Kei Nishikori, and Grigor Dimitrov.
The Italian’s winning percentage reaches as high as 82, and only Nole can boast a better figure (87.6%) among the listed players.
The first two sets of the final match were incredibly tough. The tennis players, dominating their service games, went to tiebreaks, and although Sascha managed to break J.Sinner’s streak of 14 lost sets, the second set tiebreak already belonged to the ATP ranking leader.
The turning point of the duel occurred in the seventh game of the third set. In it, the German created a break point for the first time in this match, but then slipped on the grass and injured his right knee.
Although the tennis player managed to avoid a serious injury, A.Zverev’s performance curve plummeted – in the very next game he lost his serve for the first time and completely gave up the initiative to his opponent. In the fourth set, Jannik again needed just one break to secure his victory.
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Although Sascha made 17 unreturnable serves, and both the first and second serves of the tennis player recorded monstrous speeds, the future winner also delivered serious responses – 15 aces and even 80 percent of points won on first serves compared to the opponent’s 72 percent.
This was already the 10th “Grand Slam” tournament out of the last 11 in which Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz triumphed. Zverev was the only one to break into this sequence, having won the French Open last month.
The 29-year-old German sought to become the first tennis player in the “Open Era” to become champion again in the next tournament of this category after winning his first “Grand Slam” trophy. However, no one has yet managed to achieve this feat.
J.Sinner, who secured a prize of 4.1 million euros and 2000 ATP ranking points, will continue to remain the sole ATP ranking leader.
A.Zverev earned nearly 2.1 million euros and 1300 ATP ranking points, which in the new ATP ranking on Monday will allow him to surpass Alcaraz, who was in second place. However, he will still be 4970 points behind Sinner.
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