Jannik Sinner became the first Italian player to win Wimbledon by beating Carlos Alcaraz.
The 23-year-old claimed his fourth Grand Slam and his first on grass after coming from a set down to defeat the Spaniard.
Jannik Sinner has claimed just two titles this season but both of them have come at tennis’ highest level.
The world number one made history by becoming the first player from his country to triumph at the All-England Club, and it has had an overwhelming impact.
Lorenzo Sonego explains the impact of Jannik Sinner’s Wimbledon win on him and in Italy
Italian tennis is currently in a very successful period. It began with Matteo Berrettini’s run to the 2021 Wimbledon final, and just two years later he was part of the Italian team that won their first Davis Cup since 1976.
Since then the Italian team retained the Davis Cup title in 2024, Jasmine Paolini reached two Grand Slam finals and Lorenzo Musetti won the Olympic bronze medal.
But Italy’s brightest shining light is Sinner, who is now the Wimbledon champion and the undisputed world number one.
After witnessing him lift the title at SW19, Sinner’s compatriot and Grand Slam quarter-finalist Lorenzo Sonego, explained what the win means to him and the people of Italy.
“Jannik delivered a great performance from every perspective. He was courageous in the most crucial moments of the match, for example, hitting second serves that annihilated the Spaniard,” the world number 40 said.
“He was very good at coming back after losing the first set and capitalising, despite fighting, on the break he gained at the start of the second set. He gradually took away the confidence of the two-time Wimbledon champion and went on to deservedly take the title.
“His emotion was also ours, mine specifically, when I think of all the fans who had never seen an Italian player triumph at Wimbledon.
“It will be a further incentive for all of us and the entire Italian tennis movement to always do better. Coolness and courage are two weapons that only greats like him possess and contribute to reaching the top.”
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Sinner is the first Italian player, male or female, to win the Wimbledon singles title.
He became just the second man from his country to win a Grand Slam after Adriano Panatta claimed the 1976 French Open.
Sinner is just one of five Italians to win a major after Panatta, Nicola Pietrangeli, Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta.
Pietrangeli won the French Open twice, while Schiavone won the 2010 French Open and Pennetta shocked the world to win the 2015 US Open.
Sinner is the Italian player with the most Grand Slam titles, and he is hungry for more, starting with the defence of the US Open title.
