Sinner Defends Wimbledon Title With Four-Set Win Over Zverev

Jannik Sinner retained the Wimbledon men's singles title Sunday, defeating Alexander Zverev 6-7(7/9), 7-6(7/2), 6-3, 6-4 in the final at the All England Club. The 24-year-old Italian hit 58 winners and committed 25 unforced errors. Zverev recorded 49 winners and 45 unforced errors while serving as fast as 224 km/h.

Zverev captured the first set in a tiebreaker.

Sinner responded by taking the second set in another tiebreaker after reading Zverev's serve more effectively. At 3-3 in the third set, Sinner's drop shot caused Zverev to slip and appear to hyper-extend his right knee. Zverev grasped his knee, Sinner helped him up, and Zverev missed a forehand that gave Sinner the first break and a 5-3 lead.

Sinner closed out the match without dropping a set from the second round onward.

Sinner had rallied from two sets down in a five-set first-round match against Miomir Kecmanovic. He defeated Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Zverev will move to No. 2 in the ATP rankings on Monday. Sinner said after the match: "You never know how many times you are going to come back.

" — Jannik Sinner, world No. 1, after the match (Le Monde) Linda Noskova defeated Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in the women's singles final on Saturday. Noskova received the winner's prize of £3.6 million while Muchova earned £2.4 million as runner-up.