Jannik Sinner of Italy holds the trophy after winning the men’s singles final match against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 13, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
1 buried the demons on Wimbledon’s Centre Court to become the first Italian to triumph at SW19. Sinner closed with an ace, his eighth of the match for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win, ending Alcaraz’s reign and his run of victories at Church Road. The early games of the final hit a deafening crescendo, Alcaraz winning his opening service game at love, and Sinner only winning a point off the Spaniard’s serve when he had gone up 40-love in the third game. The 22-year-old broke to level scores.
London: Jannik Sinner delivered. Five weeks after holding three match-points in the final at Roland Garros, the steely world No. But from all the notes the duo was hitting it was clear at the get-go itself that the order of the day was lights-out tennis. The Italian pressed in the fifth game, taking Alcaraz’s serve to deuce with the direction of his returns, two points later he had secured the first break of the final. Alcaraz raised the tempo in the eighth game, using his forehand to pull Sinner out of the court, tossing in a couple of drop shots in the middle to catch the Italian short. Sinner then faced two break points in the tenth game, the second followed by a double fault. The two-time champion converted the break when he feathered a backhand after Sinner appeared to stand there admiring his shot. The house was on its feet.
Sinner got the early break in the second set, breaking in the opening game. He held on to that advantage as the set went deeper.