Men's Final Recap

Quick Served: Day 14 — Escape From Alcaraz

What a redemption story.

Andy recaps the men’s final as Jannik Sinner wins his first Wimbledon title, breaks down how he beat the two-time defending champion, and explains why pushing past the “mental scar tissue” made it so impressive.

Plus, a tactical look at how Sinner dominated the middle of the court, why Alcaraz’s drop shot wasn’t as effective, and a dissection of a few backhands Andy calls some of the best “you’ll ever see.”

Don’t miss his full recap of the men’s final, the future of ‘Sincaraz’, and learn why Andy owes someone pizza.

Five weeks after a crushing defeat in Paris, Jannik Sinner found himself in a similar situation. Up 5-3 in the fourth set against Carlos Alcaraz in a major final.

The 23-year-old flipped the script and held on to become the first Italian player to win a Wimbledon singles title. The World No. 1 is now a four-time major winner and claimed his first Slam off hard courts.

Even Sinner, who as Andy says acts like a machine, said Sunday’s win felt more emotional after that devasting loss in the French Open final.

Sinner is the first player to beat Alcaraz twice on grass, both times at Wimbledon. He also snapped Alcaraz’s streak of 24-straight match wins and 20-consecutive victories at Wimbledon.

The Italian also broke the World No. 2’s 5-0 record in Slam finals and Sinner ended his five-match losing streak against Alcaraz.

Listen to Andy explain why he “couldn’t be more impressed” about both of their performances, especially the mental resiliency displayed by Sinner.

Jannik Sinner is now one of five players aged 23 or under in the Open Era to simultaneously hold three men’s singles titles at Grand Slams, along with Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal.

He can complete the Career Grand Slam at next year’s French Open, while Alcaraz can do so at the 2026 Australian Open.

While this was the first Wimbledon final since 2002 to not feature a member of the “Big 4”, Andy explains why the “New 2” are now the stewards of tennis’ future and why he can’t wait to see them battle in major finals for years to come.

He also feels gratitude and appreciation for how the two have handled their rivalry in a respectful way. Alcaraz embodied that statement during his remarks on Centre Court after the match.

Despite his first loss in a major final, Alcaraz has won five titles this season, and already locked up a spot in the year-end Tour Finals.

As we enter the hard court swing, the surface which Sinner has dominated, Andy wonders if Sinner and Alcaraz can continue to “steal” Slams off the other’s favorite surface?

Sinner just did so at Wimbledon, can Alcaraz return the favor at next month’s US Open? The two have won the last seven Slams.

No pressure, but if they win the next five majors, they’ll surpass Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal as the pair with the most consecutive Slam victories in the Open Era.

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For the first time in Wimbledon’s history, the women’s doubles final was played before the men’s singles final.

Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens came back to win the title on Sunday in a three-set thriller over Su-Wei Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko.

In the men’s wheelchair singles final, 19-year-old Tokito Oda beat defending champion Alfie Hewett for his second Wimbledon title. The two top-ranked players have met in each Grand Slam final this year.

Top-ranked Niels Vink lifted the men’s quad wheelchair singles trophy after beating second-ranked Sam Schroder in straight sets. It’s a familiar matchup as they’ve faced each other in nine of the last 14 Slams. Vink took a 5-4 edge in the rivalry on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Xiaohui Li and Ziying Wang won the women’s wheelchair doubles trophy in a straight-set match that lasted just 55 minutes. Ivan Ivanov won his first junior Slam after beating Ronit Karki in the boy’s singles final on Sunday.

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1 — Jannik Sinner is the first Italian in tennis history to claim men’s or women’s singles titles on multiple surfaces at Grand Slam events.

7 — Jannik Sinner & Carlos Alcaraz are now tied for the fourth most consecutive majors won by a pair of men’s players in the Open Era (7).

81 — Sinner claimed his 81st men’s singles match win at Grand Slam events, since 2000, only Rafael Nadal (86) has claimed more wins from his first 100 Men’s Singles matches at Grand Slams.