Jannik Sinner wins Wimbledon: Top seed beats Alexander Zverev in men’s final to claim back-to-back titles
Jannik Sinner continued his dominance in men’s tennis by beating Alexander Zverev in the final at Wimbledon.
Sinner, who lost the first set, won 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 on the Center Court and won her second championship in many years at the All England Club.
‘We both started very well, we served very quickly. Me and Sascha gave everything we had. There is no better place to play tennis. You can feel the nerves on Sunday morning, I never take it lightly to play in front of very special people (the royal box) for two weeks.
‘The crowds were incredible for me for two weeks and you gave me the best feeling a tennis player can ever feel.’
The 24-year-old Italian player, who was without opponent Carlos Alcaraz due to injury, achieved victory in less than four hours and became the 10th man to defend the championship in the Open era.
After the match, Zverev joked: ‘First of all, Jannik, I don’t really like you anymore! I lost to you nine times in a row.
Jannik Sinner became Wimbledon men’s singles champion for the second consecutive time
He beat world No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Center Court
Zverev (right) joked that he no longer liked his opponent and thanked the crowd for their support
The Princess of Wales was there to present the trophy after watching the final from the Royal Box
‘But he showed once again why he is the best player in the world. It was great to share Center Court with you during finals weekend. It’s a great honor to be here. It didn’t go the way I wanted, but first of all, I would like to congratulate you.
‘It’s also about Jannik’s team, who have been with him for many years. You’re currently number one, but when you started you were outside the top 10 and you’re on your way to becoming a Grand Slam champion and world number 1. This is a team effort, Jannik will be the first to admit it, so I congratulate you too.
‘For my team, I’d say we had a pretty good two months, even though we lost the final. We had a great two months and came to Wimbledon having never reached the quarter finals and reached our first final. At the age of 29, I believed that I could win this cup for the first time, so I thank you too.
‘I’d like to thank the crowd for these two amazing weeks. The field has been packed every time I have played, I have never felt such support at Wimbledon before and you are the biggest reason I got to the final, thank you for that.’
Sinner then reached for the microphone and added: ‘It feels great. I want to start with Sascha. One of your main goals was to win the Grand Slam and you did it in Paris, today you were so close that if you play like that you will have one of those (trophies at home too).
‘I know your other goal is to be number 1 in the world, you are very close, so we have to be very careful now!
‘We both started very well, we served very quickly. Me and Sascha gave everything we had. There is no better place to play tennis. You can feel the nerves on Sunday morning, I never take it lightly to play in front of very special people (the royal box) for two weeks.
‘The crowds were incredible for me for two weeks and you gave me the best feeling a tennis player can ever feel.’
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