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Jannik Sinner reveals how he overcame French Open loss to beat Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon
The post Jannik Sinner reveals how he overcame French Open loss to beat Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon appeared first on ClutchPoints. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz wasted no time after their epic French Open final to give tennis fans another Grand Slam final between them. The Wimbledon final on Sunday didn't quite have the same drama that the Roland Garros final did as Sinner closed it out in four sets to win his first title at the All England Club. Overcoming that loss in the Roland Garros final, where Sinner had three championship points before serving for the title and getting broken and losing in a final set tiebreak, would have been a very tall task for many. However, Sinner went right back to work and has now been rewarded with a Wimbledon title just a few weeks later. After winning the title in London on Sunday, Sinner talked about how he got over that crushing loss so quickly to bring home his fourth major. 'I hd a very tough loss in Paris, but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter how you win or lose,' Sinner said. 'Especially in important tournaments, you just have to understand what you did wrong and you have to work on that. That's what we did. We tried to accept the loss adjust kept working and this is for sure one of the reasons why I hold this trophy here. 'I'm just so grateful that I'm healthy and have great people around me which is the most important part and having this trophy with me means a lot.' On Sunday, Jannik Sinner found himself in an almost identical position to the one he was in at Roland Garros. The Italian served for the fourth set and the championship, and after dropping serve at 15 in Paris, he played a flawless game sealed with a service winner to slam the door in this one. The World No. 1 has become known for his mental strength and unflappability throughout his very young career, but rebounding from that loss in Paris to win the very next major over the same player takes that to an even higher level. Related: Carlos Alcaraz sends classy message to Jannik Sinner after final Related: Jannik Sinner's Wimbledon title puts him in Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal company
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Carlos Alcaraz sends classy message to Jannik Sinner after final
The post Carlos Alcaraz sends classy message to Jannik Sinner after final appeared first on ClutchPoints. Carlos Alcaraz sent a classy message to Jannik Sinner after losing the Wimbledon final on Sunday. The sensational Spaniard was vying for his third straight title at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, but it wasn't meant to be against the world No. 1. Alcaraz struggled with his serve throughout the afternoon en route to 6-4 4-6 4-6 4-6 defeat. Sinner, who hadn't beaten his main rival since 2023, collected his first major trophy on a non-hard court surface and now has won two out of the three majors in 2025. While Carlos was surely disappointed, the world No. 2 gave the Italian superstar Wimbledon/status/1944465944576704558" rel="noopener">his due props during the post-match interview. The two future legends of the game are the best players in the world right now, as well as good friends. It simply was not Carlos' day on Centre Court against a player whose movement was absolutely superb the entire match. Sinner's return game was in particular impressive, as he won 47% of the points on Alcaraz's first serves and broke his rival four total times. The now four-time slam champion additionally showed some surprising variety throughout the match, which kept him more unpredictable than usual on a surface that encourages it. Sinner will now head into the hard-court summer season, where he has thrived in the past, as the favorite to claim another US Open. With his only major loss this season coming in a classic, five-set epic against Carlos in the French Open final, it's going to take a herculean effort to take the world No. 1 down in New York. Alcaraz, on the other hand, will now regroup for this season, looking to maintain his all-time major pace. The 22-year-old cannot be disappointed with his year to this point, and now he has another chip on his shoulder after losing at Wimbledon for the first time since 2022. Overall, it's shocking to say that Carlos still has his best tennis ahead of him. At still a very young age on tour, the El Palmar, Murcia native is already the second-greatest Spanish tennis player of all time behind the legendary Rafael Nadal. It's going to take a long, long time for Alcaraz to be in the same air as an icon like Rafa, but he has to like where he stands among the greats right now. It's not bad putting together a no-doubt Hall of Fame resume at 22, and there will still be plenty of learning experiences in the future. Related: Jannik Sinner reveals how he overcame French Open loss to beat Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon Related: Jannik Sinner's Wimbledon title puts him in Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal company
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Jannik Sinner gets revenge on Carlos Alcaraz to win 1st Wimbledon title
The post Jannik Sinner gets revenge on Carlos Alcaraz to win 1st Wimbledon title appeared first on ClutchPoints. Just a few weeks after their epic match in the French Open final, Jannik Sinner got his revenge on Carlos Alcaraz on the final Sunday at Wimbledon. The Italian won his first Wimbledon title and his fourth major overall with a four-set victory over the two-time defending champ, 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4. Sinner dropped the first set, losing four consecutive games from 4-2 up to give the Spaniard the early advantage. However, he maintained his focus to collect an early break in the second set and never looked back. Alcaraz was never able to break the Sinner serve over the final three sets, as the Italian repeatedly came up with clutch shots and serves to fend him off. Sinner and Alcaraz have now shared the last seven Grand Slams, with Sinner winning four of them and Alcaraz winning three. The two of them will head to New York for the U.S. Open as the two heavy favorites to extend that streak. Sinner got a second lease on life in this tournament in the fourth round against Grigor Dimitrov, who tore a pectoral muscle in the third set after taking the first two sets from the Italian. Sinner advanced through and defeated Ben Shelton and Novak Djokovic in straight sets to reach the final. This result ends a number of streaks for Alcaraz. He had not lost a match at Wimbledon since 2022, when Sinner beat him in the fourth round. He had also won the last five matches against Sinner, including the finals at both Rome and Roland Garros this summer. His 24-match winning streak overall, dating back to the final in Barcelona against Holger Rune, has also been snapped. Alcaraz came into this match with a perfect 5-0 record in major finals, which is snapped just five weeks after Sinner's perfect final record was damaged at the French Open. No matter what happens at the U.S. Open, which both have won one time, the two rivals will enter 2026 just one major away from the career Grand Slam. Alcaraz will get the first crack at it at the Australian Open, where Sinner is the two-time defending champion, while Sinner hunts to complete the four majors at Roland Garros. Related: Carlos Alcaraz sends classy message to Jannik Sinner after final Related: Jannik Sinner reveals how he overcame French Open loss to beat Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon
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Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz Wimbledon final draws biggest ratings in 6 years as tennis' next generation takes over
If the ratings for the 2025 Wimbledon men's singles final are any judge, fans are starting to embrace tennis' newest generation. The final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, which Sinner won 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, drew an average of 2.9 million viewers on ESPN, the network announced Wednesday. The numbers reportedly peaked at 4.0 million viewers at the end of the match. On the women's side, Iga Swiatek's 6-0, 6-0 double-bageling of Amanda Anisimova in the final averaged only 1.3 million viewers, not a surprise given how non-competitive the match was. That men's viewership isn't just a 31% increase from last year's final between Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. It's the best number the tournament has seen since the 2019 final between Djokovic and Roger Federer, the last time two members of the sport's previous big 3 squared off at Wimbledon. That 2019 match saw an average of 3.8 million viewers tuned in. Since then, Wimbledon has seen finals featuring Djokovic against lesser tournaments in 2021 and 2022 and Alcaraz beating Djokovic in 2022 and 2023. The tournament was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tennis needed Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz From the time Federer and Rafael Nadal began declining more than half a decade ago, tennis has been waiting for a new generation to truly take over after watching three guys win 45 of 59 Grand Slams from 2004 to 2024. Add in Andy Murray and it becomes 48 of 59. Some talented players have emerged, and even won a Slam in the cases of Daniil Medvedev and Dominic Thiem, but none of them stuck until the 23-year-old Sinner and 22-year-old Alcaraz. Together, the Italian and Spaniard have won every Grand Slam since Djokovic's most recent title at the 2023 US Open and are now entering seemingly every major tournament on a collision course with each other. It appeared the sport of tennis would be in maybe not a bad place, but a worse place when Djokovic, the previous generation's final standard-bearer, called it a career, which he has been hinting doing at recently. Now, there are two more players on pace for an all-time career, with plenty of tennis ahead of them.
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Jannick Sinner wins 2025 Wimbledon title, first for Italy
Jannick Sinner won a shocking victory over Carlos Alcaraz to take the 2025 Wimbledon men's title, the first one ever won by Italy.
