Overview

• Sinner rallied after dropping the opening set to defeat Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 and claim his maiden Wimbledon championship
• He became the first Italian man to lift the Wimbledon men’s singles trophy
• The centre-court final was a direct rematch of June’s French Open clash where Alcaraz saved three match points in a record-length contest
• Sinner’s triumph snapped Alcaraz’s 24-match grass-court winning streak
• Their back-to-back meetings at Roland-Garros and Wimbledon echo the Federer–Nadal era and herald a new rivalry shaping men’s tennis