Wimbledon: Jannik Sinner evens the score with Carlos Alcaraz, wide open final
The Wimbledon final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz is more open than ever. The Blue, after losing the first set 6-4, came out on top with the same result in the second, rebalancing the score of the eagerly awaited challenge on the packed Central Court at 1-1.
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In the first games the serves dominated, the first jolt was given by the Azure winning the break in the fifth game. The Murcia champion, however, climbs the ladder and steals the Azure’s serve in the eighth game, rebalancing the score. In the tenth game came the’other break and overtake: the Spaniard closed 6-4 the first set.
Sinner reacts immediately and at the beginning of the second set he gets the break, taking advantage of his rival’s drop in concentration. L’Azzurro manages, albeit with some difficulty, to hold serve, Alcaraz limits the damage by improving at serve but cannot find the counterbreak: the final is now on’1-1.
Carlos Alcaraz has won the last editions of the Wimbledon tournament, capturing the Grand Slam tournament in both 2023 and 2024 in the final against Novak Djokovic. There are no fewer than 12 previous matches between Jannik Sinner and the Murcia champion, who leads 8-4: the most recent was in the Roland Garros final when the Spaniard prevailed in five sets after nullifying no less than three match points for the South Tyrolean.
