Jannik Sinner takes revenge on Carlos Alcaraz and rewrites Italian tennis history on the grass at Wimbledon, the third and penultimate Slam of the season. A little more than a month after the epic clash played on the clay of Roland Garros and lasted a full five and a half hours (the longest last act ever for the Parisian Major) in which the Spaniard prevailed at the super tie-break of the fifth set after erasing three match points in a row (the Iberian was serving) in the ninth game of the fourth set, in fact, to take the last word in London this time was the world ranking leader who, at the end of a path by no means devoid of pitfalls, got the better of Juan Carlos Ferrero's pupil in four sets in the final of the Championships (regaining one disadvantage), with the score of 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 and after three hours and six minutes of contention. SInner, then, is the first Italian singles player (man or woman) of any era to lift the trophy to the sky at Church Road after finals lost in recent years by both Matteo Berrettini (2021) and Jasmine Paolini (2024). For the 23-year-old from Sesto Pusteria, this is the fourth career title (second of the season) in an event of this caliber after the two won at the Australian Open (2024 and 2025) and the one won at the US Open (2024). Hooked in the special ranking are nine other major champions, such as Argentine Guillermo Vilas, Americans Jim Courier and Robert Wrenn, Briton Reginald Doherty, Frenchman Jean Borotra, the other American Frank Parker, Australians Lew Hoad and Ashley Cooper, and Spaniard Manuel Santana. Today's success also represents Sinner’s 20th personal victory at the major circuit level as well as his second this year after the aforementioned victory netted in Melbourne in January. That makes it 5 out of 13 now for Sinner to win against Alcaraz, who, by virtue of five consecutive match wins, has not lost to the San Candido native since October 2023 (semifinals of the ATP 500 in Beijing). In the first set the South Tyrolean got off to a strong start, taking the serve off his rival in the fifth game and going up 4-2. At this moment, however, he breaks down, and, due to too many second serves, he gives back the break obtained earlier in both the eighth and the tenth game, suffers a partial 0-4 and allows Alcaraz to put his signature on the opening fraction. The second set opened with a break by Sinner, who immediately cleared the counter-break ball and took a 2-0 lead. In the seventh game the Italian did not take advantage of a double break opportunity but three games later, with the serve at his disposal, he excelled with his forehand and had little trouble bringing the situation back to a perfect parity. Jannik's momentum did not subside and in the opening game of the third set he immediately had two break points to start with his nose ahead. The Spaniard fought back and then it was even necessary to wait until the ninth game for an extension, with the tricolor tennis player snatching the serve from the Iberian at 30 and after the change of court closing the matter in his own favor. The newly ceded partial mentally wears down Alcaraz, who in the third game of the fourth set again cedes service to the Italian. In the eighth game, the world number one, down 15-40, takes advantage of a winning outside first and a forehand length error by the reigning Roland Garros champion to sprint to 5-3. That was the last hurdle. In the tenth game, in fact, Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill’s pupil went up 40-0 in an instant, chased away the Parisian ghosts and (on the second match point) did not miss the appointment with another indelible page of history.