First victory on London grass for our number one in the world, who after losing the first set plays an extraordinary match
Today is the day that changes history. It's the day Wimbledon, the Garden of Kings turns blue. Jannik Sinner is the first Italian to win the most desired, most coveted tournament. The tournament that changes the life of a tennis player and puts him in another category. Jannik Sinner finally overtakes Carlos Alcaraz and does it in the right place, on the Center Court which in the last two years had seen the Spaniard triumph. Jannik wins 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 in a comeback, after a first set in which everything seemed written. And instead the ability to rewrite history is only for adults. And Jannik Sinner is definitely among them. Arms raised, smile, blows on the grass. The tears, it's all true.
THE MATCH— In the first set it is Sinner who goes ahead first, in the fifth game, 4-2, but from that moment the serve abandons her, and in fact she goes down 15-30 and then concedes two break points: the first is enough, she puts a backhand in net and the Spaniard takes the counterbreak. Sinner doesn't serve well, plus he has the usual problem of supports, he slips. When he serves at 5-4, to stay i n the set, he is still struggling with the serve that doesn't help him and with a double foul sends Carlos into full exaltation at set point Serious mistake to let the tightrope walker charge, and in fact surfing on the enthusiasm of the crowd, largely for him, he succeeds in a winning recovery of a running backhand that should be handed over to science because it's safe, there is something there that escapes mortals.
Sinner accelerates— Alcaraz gives away at the start of the second set, Jannik goes ahead 2-0 but always has to suffer between fairy touches from his rival, champagne corks that jump, and a few too many frees. When he manages to close for 3-1 he charges with a scream. He is tense, he is afraid of being wrong, he knows that dangers reach everywhere and it is difficult to parry them. The sun comes and goes, a bit’ like Sinner's arm, which gives too much. Even in the sixth game he ends up chasing,15-30, but this time he closes with a little help from the tape, a small four-leaf clover in the middle of that not very generous grass: 4-2. The advantage remains intact and risks increasing when Alcaraz starts the serve very badly and gives the chance to double break. Jannik doesn't exploit it but in the delicate eighth game he finds a good turn of duty,he still keeps his head ahead (5-3) and serves to equalize the sets at 5-4. This time he is the one who closes with a nice winning recovery that blows up the Central, and this time he calls the scream of the audience, it works. Because at 30-15 he goes to the set point with another feat, this time along the line. He remembers being a skier, he finishes with a straight cross in the slide: 6-4 and all standing for Sinner.
THE ADVANTAGE— Third set, we start again with two break points for Sinner thanks also to two double faults by Alcaraz. The No. 1 politely declines the offer, a couple of measurement errors to put him in a tie and then Carlos finishes, 1-0. We proceed quickly and with serves, with Jannik finding a good feeling with the leaders and closing the 2-2 score at zero. The advantage is fought in the sixth game, with Jannik even hitting from under the legs but missing a narrow smash. He holds the 3-3 but is in danger at 4-3 with the Spaniard taking it to 30-30, but with a second ace he earns the 4-4 ball which he seals with the ace. The break comes in the decisive game of the 9th, with Sinner increasingly present on the pitch, more confident. At 5-4 the world No 1 serves to take the lead two sets to 1, gives a 15 with a double foul but makes up for it with the ace, 30-15. Smash,40-15 and third set in pocket, 6-4.
THE GRAND FINALE— We start again, with Alcaraz losing certainties and Sinner gaining them. And in the third game it is the blue that breaks the balance, breaks and 2-1. At 3-1 Jannik comes back from 40-0 to 40-40 but the Spaniard saves the 3-2. The reigning champion approaches 40-30 in the following game, while mother Siglinde, who survived Paris, risks heat stroke in London. At 40-30 another small four-leaf clover, a ribbon that closes the situation at 4-2 while Carlos, dejected, gets a push from the garage “Come on, you have to give everything” and he remains alive, even if he is down by a break and constantly attacked by a wild Sinner. The Spaniards sing “Yes, se puede”, Alcaraz smiles and in fact has two counterbreak balls. Jannik cancels the first one with a stone second one, stones himself on the second one and Carlos sends out. When his back is against the wall, Sinner reacts like this.And salt 5-3. The dream is getting closer and closer, Jannik goes to serve for the Wimbledon title The audience calls Carlos, dreams of a fifth set. Three Sinner match points. The first breaks into the net, Siglinde puts his hands on his head. In the end, whoever has the biggest dream wins. You're champion, Jan.