Yannick Sinner is once again ruling center court at Wimbledon. The world number one held off tough competition from Alexander Zverev to retain his second straight title.
Although he lost the first set, he made a great comeback in the mega-final on Sunday. The 24-year-old Italian defeated Zverev 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4 in a marathon encounter that lasted three hours and 46 minutes.
This is his fifth Grand Slam and 30th career trophy. He came to London after an unexpected loss to Juan Manuel Cerundolo at the French Open.
Both stars dominated their serve in the first set. The game went to a tie break with no break points. After a 7-7 draw, Zverev, who recently won the French Open, won the first set with a stunning forehand winner. It was the first one-set win over Shiner since the 2025 Vienna Open, snapping a 14-set losing streak.
She lost the first set, but there was no nervousness in Sinner’s body language. In the second set he continued to fight with his familiar calm self. Both players were steady on their serve at this stage. Zverev was out of danger time and time again with perfect serves and smart winners. The second set went to a tie break.
However, the Italian star did not make any mistakes this time. He took advantage of a series of errors from Zverev to take the tie break to 7-2. Zverev sent a backhand shot off the court to tie the match at 1-1 after two hours and eight minutes.
The third set changed the fortunes of the match. After an hour and a half, no one could break anyone’s serve. At that moment, Zverev slipped onto the grass court to take a shot at a ball. He was suffering from an injury to his right knee. Showing a sporting attitude, Ciner immediately ran across the net to him. The game then resumed, but Zverev never regained his rhythm.
Sinner seized that opportunity and broke serve for the first time in a fierce attack despite trailing 40-15. Then, he held his serve to win the third set 6-3 to move closer to the title. The world’s best star seemed to take complete control of the match in this set.
Zverev also fought hard in the fourth set. The French Open champion did her best to save several break points to take the match to a fifth set. But by that time Cena’s confidence was high. With the score at 3-3, the Italian didn’t give up, missing two break points in a row.
He finally got a valuable break with an unstoppable forehand winner. Siner made no mistakes in his service game and went to sleep on the grass court to win the set and the match 6-4.
In the Open era, Sina became the fourth world number one to retain his Wimbledon title, after Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Won 14 consecutive matches at the All England club. He also completed his 100th Grand Slam title. Additionally, the Italian continued his incredible dominance by winning 10 straight matches against Zverev.