Top seed Jannik Sinner of Italy retained his Wimbledon men’s singles title on Sunday by defeating second seed Alexander Zverev of Germany from a set down.
The win represents the fifth Grand Slam title for the 24-year-old Sinner.
What happened on the court?
Zverev took the opening set to a tense tiebreak and worked hard early on, but Sinner responded strongly in the second set tiebreak to equalize.
She then took control with better baseline play in the third and fourth sets and closed out the match in just under four hours.
Praise for Germany’s Zverev
Sinner continued to praise Zverev, saying, “Of course I’m very happy with the win, but mostly I’m happy with the level at which we both played.”
Pointing to the trophy he said, “If you play like this I’m sure it will be at your house too.”
Sinner has now won 10 consecutive matches against Zverev.
Zverev: It didn’t suit me
After losing his fourth Grand Slam final, a disappointed Zverev was forced to think about what could have been.
“I don’t really like you anymore,” Zverev joked to Sinner.
“To be fair, I lost to you nine times in a row,” he said, counting down his consecutive losses to Sinner.
“Congratulations to Jannik, he showed once again why he is the best player in the world. It was great to share Center Court with you on the final weekend. It is a great honor to be here. Unfortunately, it did not go my way.”
Zverev is the first German to contest a Wimbledon title since Boris Becker in 1995.
No German has won the Wimbledon trophy since Michael Stich’s all-German final victory over Becker in 1991
Edited by: Jennifer Cimino Gonzalez
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