Italy's Jannik Sinner celebrates after winning the Wimbledon men’s final match against Germany's Alexander Zverev on July 12, 2026
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Like a skilled mason bringing down a well-hardened wall brick by brick, Jannik Sinner dismantled Alexander Zverev 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4 to win his second straight Wimbledon and fifth Grand Slam title.Sunday’s triumph on Centre Court extended Sinner’s winning streak against Zverev to ten matches and made him the fourth man in the last 25 years to defend the crown at the All England Club after Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.The first two sets were mostly serve fests and there wasn’t a single break. But an uptick in Sinner’s return game in the third and fourth sets, where he broke in the eighth and seventh games respectively, swung the tide.The first set was all staccato, with the style of tennis resembling that of a bygone era, not the serve-and-volley that used to be in vogue, but the ‘Big Game’ approach of a cannonball serve followed by a crushing putaway.
Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev pose with their trophies after the men's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships
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