Jannik Sinner Becomes 1st Italian Ever to Win Wimbledon After Blockbuster Final Against Carlos Alcaraz

World No.1 Jannik Sinner came from one set down to win his fourth Grand Slam title by beating his arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz.

Jannik Sinner Becomes 1st Italian Ever to Win Wimbledon After Blockbuster Final Against Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner (Image via X/Carlos Alcaraz 4K, Jannik Sinner HQ)

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Jannik Sinner avoided French Open mistakes and made an epic comeback to script history on Centre Court on Sunday (July 13). He lifted his first Wimbledon title by defeating his arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Throughout the match, as expected, there were several momentum shifts. Alcaraz served to start the match, winning the game but it was Sinner who took the lead as the match progressed before Alcaraz made the comeback to tie the scores 4-4. Alcaraz secured the next game but before that, when he was 30-30 in the 10th game, he hit an incredible drop shot.

Sinner, standing behind the baseline, could do nothing as he slipped the moment he tried to dash forward. The 22-year-old clinched the first set with a winner, ending a rally.

The second set was no different. Sinner took a 2-0 lead and Alcaraz once again made the comeback. When Sinner took a 5-3 lead, Alcaraz held his serve to win the ninth game. But Sinner, who increased his aggression in the second set, did not squander his lead as he too held his serve and with a winner, tied the score 1-1.

Momentum kept shifting in the third set as well. When the score was tied at 4-4, Alcaraz slipped during a rally, failing to return what later became a winner from Sinner, who took a 5-4 lead. He held his serve as he raced to break point and served for the set, which Alcaraz failed to return.

But the watchers of the game very well remembered what had happened during the French Open final. They expected Alcaraz to increase his intensity and turn the table. Alcaraz started the fourth set in an emphatic fashion, not giving any chance to Sinner to win a point in the first game. But soon, Sinner tied the score.

Sinner took a 3-1 lead and Alcaraz started the next game with an ace, sprinting to 40-0. The World No.1, however, was successful in winning the next three points but Alcaraz ended up holding his serve.

In the sixth game, one of Sinner’s shots hit the net and this helped him win, and he apologized by holding up his hand. Sinner committed an unforced error next and a stunning shot from Alcaraz helped him hold his serve.

The next game was crucial for Sinner but he made unforced errors, one after the other. Sinner also saved three break points but Alcaraz failed to break him. Alcaraz served, to keep him alive in the match. At that moment, their French Open final might have been replaying in everyone’s mind. Sinner failed to break his serve.

Sinner then served for the match. Alcaraz’s shot during the first rally went outside the line; Sinner then smashed a backhand winner. Alcaraz held his nerves and tried hard to return the shot in the next rally but failed.

Sinner was on 40-0 and then he committed an unforced error. His mother covered her face. He served, Alcaraz failed to return and so in the end, Sinner scripted history by becoming the first Italian player to win Wimbledon.

Jannik Sinner beats Carlos Alcaraz for the first time this year

Before Wimbledon, the two rivals met twice- at the Italian Open and the French Open. While the final in Rome was a bit of a one-sided affair, at the French Open, Alcaraz made one of the best comebacks in Grand Slam events after being down 2-0.

Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner (2)
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner (Image via X/Jannik Sinner HQ)

He had saved three championship points in the fourth set to defend his title in five hours and 29 minutes, which has now become the longest final in the history of the French Open. Alcaraz failed to become the second man after Bjorn Borg to complete the Channel Slam for two consecutive seasons.

It was his first defeat to Sinner this year and after five consecutive wins. Sinner also snapped his 24-match winning streak- his best in his career.

Before reaching the Wimbledon final, Alcaraz dropped five sets, including in the semifinals against Taylor Fritz. Sinner, on the other hand, had dropped just in the fourth round against Grigor Dimitrov. He dropped the first two sets but because Dimitrov injured his right pectoral muscle, he handed the walkover to the 23-year-old.

Sinner and Alcaraz have also become the only players in the Open Era to face each other in the Roland Garros and Wimbledon finals in the same season after Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The retired players did this in three consecutive years (from 2006 to 2008).

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