Italian top seed Jannik Sinner retained his Wimbledon men’s singles title on Sunday, after rallying from a set down to beat Germany’s second seed Alexander Zverev.
The victory represents a fifth Grand Slam title for 24-year-old Sinner.
What happened on court?
Zverev took the opening set in a tense tiebreak and pushed hard early, but Sinner responded with a dominant second-set tiebreak to level.
He then seized control in the third and fourth sets with superior baseline play and serving to close out the match in just under four hours.
Praise for Germany’s Zverev
“I’m very happy of course about the win but I’m mostly very happy about the level we both played,” Sinner said, continuing to praise Zverev.
“If you play like this I’m very, very sure you are going to have this one at home as well,” he said pointing at the trophy.
Sinner has now won 10 consecutive matches against Zverev.
Zverev: It didn’t go my way
A dejected Zverev was left to ponder what could have been after a fourth Grand Slam final defeat.
“I don’t really like you anymore,” Zverev told Sinner jokingly.
“To be fair, I lost to you nine (sic) times in a row,” he added, losing count of his run of defeats against Sinner.
“Congratulations to Jannik, he showed once again why he’s the best player in the world. It was great to share Centre Court with you on the finals weekends. It’s a great honour to be here. Unfortunately, it didn’t go my way.”
Zverev is the first German to contest the Wimbledon title match since Boris Becker in 1995.
No German man has lifted the Wimbledon trophy since Michael Stich’s 1991 all-German final win over Becker
Edited by: Jenipher Camino Gonzalez
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