Jannik Sinner successfully defended his Wimbledon crown after defeating Alexander Zverev in the men’s singles final.
Sinner came back from a set down to beat Zverev, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 and hoist the famous trophy for the second consecutive season.
The Italian, now a five-time Grand Slam champion, was not broken once by the German, having faced just one break point throughout the entire match.
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Sinner has now matched the Wimbledon title tallies of Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and his rival, Carlos Alcaraz.
With the victory, he has also just equalled one of Bjorn Borg’s records that nobody has managed in nearly 50 years.
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Sinner’s title defence got off to a rocky start, having been tested in the first round by Serbian player Miomir Kecmanovic.
Kecmanovic was up two sets to one against Sinner, but the world number rallied back to emerge victorious and advance.
After the rough opening clash, until the final, Sinner did not drop a set in his run, which included a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over Novak Djokovic.
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In beating Zverev, Sinner is now just the second player in the Open Era to claim the Wimbledon men’s singles title after winning his opening match of the tournament in a five-setter.
He is the first to achieve the feat since Borg in 1978, with the Swede overcoming Jimmy Connors in the final that year.
Jannik Sinner makes Italian history after winning Wimbledon
Sinner is now the third man in tennis history to have won exactly five Grand Slam titles, joining Frank Sedgman and Tony Trabert.
His tally of five is as many as the total of Grand Slam singles titles previously won by Italian players, men and women, in history.
Nicola Pietrangeli won two, while Adriano Panatta, Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta each won one.
Panatta and Sinner are the only Italian men to have won a major singles title in the Open Era.
Sinner is now just one Grand Slam title away from matching tennis legends Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg.
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