Wimbledon’s sacred lawn has a new king: Jannik Sinner. The international press celebrates the world ranking list for his four-set success over Carlos Alcaraz, with whom he is the first Italian to win the classic lawn in London.
In his homeland, the “Corriere della Sera” speaks of “champagne tennis” and a “perfect match to forget Paris”. At the French Open, the Spaniard Alcaraz had triumphed in a memorable five-set thriller. The L’Equipe classifies that this year’s final on Church Road “did not climb the same heights” as that in Paris.
In Spain, too, “Marca” recognizes the “brilliant Sinner, who escapes the Wimbledon throne”, “as” speaks of the “revenge for Paris”. In England the “Sun” simply titles: “Sinner to Winner”. –
The international presses at a glance:
ITALY
Gazzetta Dello Sport: “Sinner is the king of Wimbledon! Super Jannik defeats Alcaraz and writes history. The first victory on the London lawn for our world ranking first, who plays an extraordinary game after the loss of the first set. Jannik Sinner finally beats Carlos Alcaraz, namely in the right place, namely on the Center Court, on which the Spaniard had triumphed for the past two years.”
Corriere della sera: “The perfect match to forget Paris and write history. Sinner overwhelms Alcaraz with champagne tennis. The first man on the green moon is Jannik Sinner. He gains a finale like a champion that does nothing from the sporty drama from a month ago in Paris.”
La Stampa: “Sinner goes into history: he is the first Italian king of Wimbledon. Alcaraz loses the crown in four sets. It is the third defeat for the Spaniard in London, two of them through Sinner.”
Tuttosport: “Sinner crowned the emperor, Alcaraz bowed, Carlos is no longer the king.”
SPAIN
Marca: “A brilliant Jannik Sinner drives Carlos Alcaraz the Wimbledon throne. The Triumph Sinner ends Alcaraz’s winning streak in Wimbledon and finally confirms the new great rivalry of tennis sports. After five defeats in a row, Sinner succeeds in the revenge and the first Italian victory in All England Club.”
As: “Sinner strikes back. Jannik Sinner crowns himself for the first time to the Wimbledon winner and returns to the lost final in Paris against Alcaraz. The 23-year-old Italian ends a terrible series of five lost matches and has won the only major title that has so far been missing the Italian tennis.”
El Pais: “Sinner takes revenge and wins in Wimbledon against Alcaraz. The Murcian, who won the first set, could no longer lose the serve in the following three sets.”
El Mundo: “Sinner defeats Alcaraz and gets his first Wimbledon victory. A month after his comeback in Roland Garros, he shows his amazing serenity and wins 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 4 in the first ‘big’ defeat of the Spaniard.”
Mundo Deportivo: “Sinner’s destruction of Alcaraz in Wimbledon: The champion has been dethroned! Carlos Alcaraz did not thank Wimbledon. A great Jannik Sinner stormed his fortress and got the crown in a spectacular struggle that is worthy of a new tennis classic who never disappointed.”
FRANCE
L’Equipe: “Sinner falls Alcaraz. After the 5:29 hours of Roland Garros’ final, you have to admit that this final of Wimbledon did not climb the same heights. But for Jannik Sinner it doesn’t matter.”
ENGLAND
The Sun: “Sinner to Winner. Jannik Sinner wins his first Wimbledon title just two months after returning from the doping lock in a thriller over Carlos Alcaraz. There was only one moment in this Wimbledon final of the men, in which Jannik Sinner looked really nervous when he had to delay a surcharge after he almost hit a freshly pounded champagne cork became.”
The Guardian: “Most tennis players in the history of this sport would have taken years to recover from such a painful defeat that Jannik Sinner suffered against Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the French Open. In the case of Sinner, she simply made him stronger.”
SWITZERLAND
View: “Sinner takes revenge on Alcaraz. Jannik Sinner makes Carlos Alcaraz in the dream final of Wimbledon and celebrates his fourth Grand Slam title. The serve is decisive-on both sides.”
Tagesanzeiger: “Grande Sinner! The Italian wins Wimbledon.”
USA
Washington Post: “In another exciting chapter of cross -generational rivalry between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, Sinner took revenge for his epic defeat in the Finale of the French Open.”
The Wall Street Journal: “Jannik Sinner turns the skewer against Carlos Alcaraz and wins his first Wimbledon title weeks after her marathon final at the French Open, the two best players in the world fought a gripping duel again-this time Jannik Sinner emerged as the winner.”
ESPN: “The Alcaraz-Sinner rivality is for eternity.”
Sports Illustrated: “A widespread truth is that the new edition is not as good as the original, but the tennis blockbuster of the summer, Jannik Sinner against Carlos Alcaraz, was quite great in all versions.”