Sinner bounces back to make history

Ace defeats defending champ Alcaraz to become first Italian to win Wimbledon

Jannik Sinner insisted early on at Wimbledon that he had put the excruciating loss to Carlos Alcaraz in their epic French Open final behind him. Sinner was sure that one defeat wouldn't haunt him, wouldn't prevent a quick recalibration and certainly wouldn't mean a thing at the All England Club.

He was sure right about all of that.

Exactly five weeks after that devastating defeat to his rival at Roland Garros, Sinner reversed the result, beating two-time defending Wimbledon champion Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4,6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to win his first championship at the grass-court major — and become the first Italian to do so.