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Game dominated by Sinner.
After the forced break of few months he already got 2 finals in slams.

1 lost in Rollan Garros and one won today in Wimbledon.

Sinner vs Alcaraz will be probably the fight of the next five years like it was Nadal vs Federer.

[ajanwalker]

Carlos Alcaraz lost his first Grand Slam final 3-1. This defeat ended his five-match winning streak against Sinner.

Sinner also ended Alcaraz's 20-match Wimbledon winning streak and his 25-match winning streak.
I expected Alcaraz to win the match easily. Alcaraz's excellent point in the final game of the first set gave me that feeling, but Sinner didn't give up.
Congratulations to Sinner.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Game dominated by Sinner.
After the forced break of few months he already got 2 finals in slams.

1 lost in Rollan Garros and one won today in Wimbledon.

Sinner vs Alcaraz will be probably the fight of the next five years like it was Nadal vs Federer.

Yeah these 2 are deemed to play many finals against each other, if I like it or not. I don't like both, just because of their demeanor. But I definitely like Sinner less after that farce of a suspension he got after they found him having used some banned substance. Still so ridiculous how short of a ban he got, any player that is not number one or outside of the top 50 or whatever would have gotten at least 1 year, if not 2. So sad to see but I guess that's the business.

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Yeah these 2 are deemed to play many finals against each other, if I like it or not. I don't like both, just because of their demeanor. But I definitely like Sinner less after that farce of a suspension he got after they found him having used some banned substance. Still so ridiculous how short of a ban he got, any player that is not number one or outside of the top 50 or whatever would have gotten at least 1 year, if not 2. So sad to see but I guess that's the business.

The fact is that he got a ban for being positive at the substance but not using it as I understood.
This is also why it was so controversial without a ban in 1st decision and only 3 month bans after a "deal".

Anyway next slam should be US open and it should be a "better" slam for the Italian.

[EFS]

With two of the Big Three retiring and the other no longer at his peak, we've clearly entered a new era. We keep watching Sinner and Alcaraz face off in finals. This time Sinner won at Wimbledon, while it was the opposite at the French Open. We'd better get used to seeing these two in finals. We might even see a similar matchup at the US Open. But I still hope Djokovic can win one more Grand Slam. He keeps reaching the semi finals, but he just doesn't have enough left against the younger players. The limits of the human body really show at this point.

[aoluain]

With two of the Big Three retiring and the other no longer at his peak, we've clearly entered a new era. We keep watching Sinner and Alcaraz face off in finals. This time Sinner won at Wimbledon, while it was the opposite at the French Open. We'd better get used to seeing these two in finals. We might even see a similar matchup at the US Open. But I still hope Djokovic can win one more Grand Slam. He keeps reaching the semi finals, but he just doesn't have enough left against the younger players. The limits of the human body really show at this point.

Yup, I think the top 3 have indeed been replaced by a new top 2. Staying healthy
these two guys are going to dominate the sport and end up being extremely wealthy.

You see next year Djokovic will be older and a fraction slower, he wont be any
more skillful or fitter or stronger, he just has to try and maintain what he has now
and stay injury free.

At the same time particularly Alcaraz and Sinner but also some others in the too 10/20
will be older but because they are young they will be fitter, faster and stronger and still
building their games.

I cant see it happening for Djokovic any more.

[tsaroz]

With two of the Big Three retiring and the other no longer at his peak, we've clearly entered a new era. We keep watching Sinner and Alcaraz face off in finals. This time Sinner won at Wimbledon, while it was the opposite at the French Open. We'd better get used to seeing these two in finals. We might even see a similar matchup at the US Open. But I still hope Djokovic can win one more Grand Slam. He keeps reaching the semi finals, but he just doesn't have enough left against the younger players. The limits of the human body really show at this point.

Yeah the era of golden trio has ended. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, Djokovic shining on the later stage was a great time for Tennis. At the moment Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz seems to be the next face of Tennis but its too early to decide as there had been many occasional rise and fall of tennis stars in future. I'd say we need to give them a couple of more years to find if they stick around that position.

Even though many of the results on wimbeldon were unexpected, the winners were not unexpected at all. I was confused about whom to bet on Sinner and Alcaraz but just pre match, I got better odds on Alcaraz and decided to bet a small amount in him. The game was tough with Alcaraz winning the first set while Sinner won the rest 3 to end the match a set earlier.

[mandown]

Swiatek made history with her 2-0 victory in the final. She became the first tennis player in Wimbledon history to win a final match 6-0 without giving up a single game.
Previously, Steffi Graf had won the final match 2-0 at the Rolland Garos, and she also didn't give up a single game.
While it was a happiest day for Swiatek, it was also a saddest day for Anisimova. She had made it to the final well, but she can't easily forget this devastating loss. She, too, became a part of this history.

[aoluain]

Swiatek made history with her 2-0 victory in the final. She became the first tennis player in Wimbledon history to win a final match 6-0 without giving up a single game.
Previously, Steffi Graf had won the final match 2-0 at the Rolland Garos, and she also didn't give up a single game.
While it was a happiest day for Swiatek, it was also a saddest day for Anisimova. She had made it to the final well, but she can't easily forget this devastating loss. She, too, became a part of this history.

Yea it was such a whirlwind match for Anisimova, it was all done and dusted in around an hour.
She will definitely be looking back at that and wrecking her brain over and back on why she didnt
perform better but it just comes down to experience really and/or how you deal with it on the day.

Compare that to Emma Raducanu and Leyla Fernandez, two newbies contesting the US open final
in 2021, it was two sets but each player was able to score against each other, they both dealt with
the occasion better then than Anisimove did at the weekend.

I would say a lot of bets got burned with her loss to Swiatek.

[IIrik11]

what say in today's match guys???

my bet is on: sinner in 4 sets

My bet is on Alcaraz to win this one after 5 sets since he is the best comeback king these days and I don't think that his insane Wimbeldon match winning streak will break anytime soon.

i won my bet

was following sinner's every match this wimbledon

and i knew he was too strong when he defeated djokovic in 3 straight sets

was surprised to see when he lost the first set because he had already broken alcaraz serve

but alcaraz is also very strong and we shall see them in many finals/semis in future i reckon

[cande86]

Yesterday I saw a beautiful high-level tennis match, Sinner played a masterly match from all points of view, surely the beating he took at Roland Garros helped him to improve and do well at Wimbledon where he brought his tennis to a truly superior level.

[pewboy]

Yup, I think the top 3 have indeed been replaced by a new top 2. Staying healthy
these two guys are going to dominate the sport and end up being extremely wealthy.

You see next year Djokovic will be older and a fraction slower, he wont be any
more skillful or fitter or stronger, he just has to try and maintain what he has now
and stay injury free.

At the same time particularly Alcaraz and Sinner but also some others in the too 10/20
will be older but because they are young they will be fitter, faster and stronger and still
building their games.

I cant see it happening for Djokovic any more.

These two players are really amazing, and will be around for years, they are really strong and young which gives me hope to see some great clashes, they have certainly already made a lot of money but I don't think they will be satisfied easily, yesterday sinenr said it he won't stop here

[bitbollo]

This was One of the rarest time where I was pretty confident that Sinner was going to lose the match!
Anyway, with a bit of luck and a great physical recover he has been able to get his first Wimbledon title.
Of course the newspapers in Italy get completely crazy... He his the first Italian able to win here!

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1  Jannik Sinner 12,030
2  Carlos Alcaraz 8,600
3  Alexander Zverev 6,310

This is the ATP ranking as today.
Sinner has 3400 points advantage and considering he did good in the final part of the year his number 1 position until the end of the season could be in danger.
Danger is relative since he need basically just to play to keep his position.