Jannik Sinner tops Carlos Alcaraz in rematch to win Wimbledon - ESPN

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner moved past a crushing defeat to Carlos Alcaraz at last month's French Open to win their highly anticipated rematch 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday and claim his first Wimbledon title and fourth major championship.

Just five weeks after the world Nos. 1 and 2 played the second-longest men's major final on the red clay of Roland-Garros — with Alcaraz overcoming a two-set deficit and saving three match points along the way — it was Sinner who had to rally after dropping the opening set on grass to the two-time defending Wimbledon champion.

Sinner, a 22-year-old from Italy who won the US Open last September and defended his Australian Open title in January, was playing in his fourth consecutive Grand Slam final but first at the All England Club. He is the first Italian player to win a Wimbledon singles title.

Sinner and Alcaraz have divvied up the past seven Grand Slam trophies, and nine of the last 12. Fittingly, this marked the first time the same two men faced off in the title matches at the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year since Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal did it in 2006, 2007 and 2008. It hadn't happened for more than a half-century before that trilogy.

Sinner led 4-2 early in the match, but Alcaraz reeled off four straight games to snag the first set. In the second, Sinner broke Alcaraz in the opening game and held serve the rest of the way — this despite being interrupted by a fan in the stands popping open a champagne bottle as Sinner was getting ready to serve out the game at 2-1 up. The cork landed at Sinner's feet.

«No, only here at Wimbledon,» a smiling Sinner said in the on-court ceremony when asked if that had ever happened to him before. «But that's exactly why we love