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SINNER STRIKES BACK

Dwelling too long on disappointment is not part of Jannik Sinner’s DNA.

The Italian completed a swift revenge job on Sunday to claim his maiden title at Wimbledon. Five weeks after letting slip three championship points before falling to Carlos Alcaraz in the Roland Garros final, Sinner downed his great rival in four sets on the All England Club’s Centre Court to become the first Italian singles titlist in the history of the grass-court major.

"It’s mostly emotional, because I had a very tough loss in Paris," Sinner said during the trophy ceremony. "But at the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter how you win or how you lose at important tournaments, you just have to understand what you did wrong and try to work on that, and that’s exactly what we did.”

By earning his first Lexus ATP Head2Head victory against Alcaraz since 2023, Sinner reignited his battle with the Spaniard for ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours. The Italian has cut his rival’s lead to 1,540 points in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, which serves as a measuring stick for the year-end No. 1 chase. Sinner’s fourth title run at a major has therefore intriguingly set up the remainder of the 2025 season.

"Carlos, again, an amazing tournament, but mostly thank you for the player you are,” Sinner told his rival. “It’s so difficult to play against you, but we have an amazing relationship off the court and on the court, we just try to build up, and to do that we need the best teams in the world. Keep going and keep pushing.”

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THIS WEEK

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A trio of ATP 250s take place across two continents and two surfaces this week. Bastad, Gstaad and Los Cabos play host.

CHAMPIONS

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Wimbledon

Singles: Jannik Sinner

Doubles: Julian Cash/Lloyd Glasspool

Mixed Doubles: Katerina Siniakova/Sem Verbeek

[1] J. Sinner (ITA) d [2] C. Alcaraz (ESP) 46 64 64 64

Jannik Sinner knew he faced a tough challenge against Carlos Alcaraz on Centre Court. Not only had the Spaniard beaten him in heartbreaking fashion in the Roland Garros final, but Alcaraz was the two-time defending Wimbledon champion and was on a career-best 24-match winning streak. Sinner did not seem to mind, playing powerful, aggressive tennis to rally from a set down for his first title at the season's third major.

[5] Cash (GBR)/Glasspool (GBR) d Hijikata (AUS)/Pel (NED) 62 76(3)

Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool completed a perfect grass swing by claiming their maiden major title at Wimbledon. The Queen’s Club and Eastbourne champions added the SW19 title to their haul by defeating Rinky Hijikata and David Pel. In doing so, Cash and Glasspool became the first all-British men’s doubles titlists at a major since 1936.

Siniakova (CZE)/Verbeek (NED) d Salisbury (GBR)/Stefani (BRA) 76(3) 76(3)

Katerina Siniakova and Sem Verbeek knocked out top seeds Harri Heliovaara/Anna Danilina first up and rode that momentum to the Wimbledon mixed doubles crown. Siniakova and Verbeek overcame Joe Salisbury and Luisa Stefani to clinch the trophy, before Verbeek led the crowd in a chorus of ‘Happy Birthday’ to his father in the stands.

POP QUIZ

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have now both won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments. Sinner needs to win Roland Garros to complete the Career Grand Slam and Alcaraz is only missing the Australian Open trophy.

Which five men in the Open Era have won all four major tournaments?

Cobolli Cracks The Top 20: Flavio Cobolli charged to his maiden major quarter-final in impressive fashion at Wimbledon, where he defeated Jakub Mensik and Marin Cilic. Despite falling to Novak Djokovic in the last eight, the Italian is now a Top 20 player for the first time after rising five spots to a career-high No. 19 in the PIF ATP Rankings.

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SPOTLIGHT

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HISTORY MAKER

Fifty years ago, Arthur Ashe recorded his greatest triumph on a tennis court. With exclusive insight from Ashe's closest friends, James Buddell of ATPTour.com recounts how the American lifted the 1975 Wimbledon trophy — one of the most significant wins in the sport’s history.

Two days before the start of Connors’ title defence at 1975 Wimbledon, the back pages of London’s Saturday editions headline: CONNORS SUES ASHE.

Connors’ manager, Bill Riordan, has filed two lawsuits in Indianapolis, claiming damages of $5 million for libellous comments against them in letters written by Ashe, and an article by Bob Briner, the ATP secretary. The crux is that Ashe has criticised Connors as “seemingly unpatriotic” for playing lucrative ‘challenge’ matches, rather than joining the United States Davis Cup team. Briner had called Riordan, a “nihilist”. The news breaks as Connors begins a practice at The Queen’s Club. Richard Evans, the European Director of the ATP, is quoted by the Associated Press, saying, “Personally, I’m getting very tired of these shabby tactics of throwing out lawsuits just before Wimbledon.”

Incredibly, Ashe and Connors will meet in 14 days’ time, for the sport’s greatest prize.

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