After the white of the playing clothes, the total black of the post-victory ceremony. Jannik Sinner enjoys an encore at Wimbledon and participates in the traditional champions’ dance with Linda Noskova, winner of the women’s tournament. Between fun and a bit of awkwardness, the world number one and the Czech tennis player indulge in a couple’s dance for a few moments. It is the second time for the South Tyrolean, who last year danced together with the champion Swiatek.
England crown Jannik Sinner. The encore of the world tennis no.1 conquers the whole of the United Kingdom which praises the triumph of the blue, who won the most coveted slam for the second consecutive year by beating Alexander Zverev in four sets. In fact, the main newspapers in the United Kingdom celebrate the Italian champion, unanimously indicated as the new dominator of lawn tennis. The Times opens with «Sinner too strong for Zverev, the Italian retains the Wimbledon crown», underlining the superiority shown by the Italian champion in the decisive moments of the final and the ability to confirm himself as champion at the Championships twelve months after the first triumph. For The Guardian, the South Tyrolean’s success is «Sinner’s magnificent show closes an unforgettable Wimbledon». The London newspaper describes the final as the perfect epilogue to two weeks of the highest level and observes how, every time Zverev tried to reopen the match, the world number one managed to further raise his performance. The Daily Telegraph follows the same line, with the headline «Sinner breaks Zverev’s resistance and defends the Wimbledon title», extolling the mental solidity and quality of tennis expressed by the Italian in the three consecutive sets won after losing the first in a tie-break. «Sinner demonstrates why he is number one in the world with another triumph at Wimbledon», is the reading of the Daily Mail, which defines the victory as yet another confirmation of the Italian’s superiority in the men’s circuit. More emphatic, as per tradition, The Sun, which chooses «Sinner recovers and extinguishes Zverev’s Wimbledon dream», celebrating the Italian champion’s reaction after the first set lost and his ability to overturn the final with authority. The verdict of the British press is unanimous: Wimbledon has found its new king. At 24 years old, with the fifth Slam title in his career and the second consecutive success on the grass of the All England Club, Sinner represents the man to beat, the champion who is marking a new era of world tennis.