Jannik Sinner has won his fifth Grand Slam title.
The Italian superstar defended the Wimbledon title he first won 12 months ago, defeating Alexander Zverev 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday evening.
Sinner performed superbly to defeat an inspired Zverev, striking 15 aces and hitting 58 winners.
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The 24-year-old’s dominance over Zverev has continued: Sinner has now won 10 consecutive matches against the German, dating back to the 2024 Cincinnati Open.
As all great players do, Sinner is not resting on his laurels after winning another major title.
Simone Vagnozzi says Jannik Sinner will look to close points out at the net more often in future
“For sure we are really happy how improve his game in the last five years,” Vagnozzi, who has worked with Sinner since 2022, stated in a post-match press conference on Sunday evening.
“And for sure there is room where he can still improve.
“Today he didn’t make any serve and volley, I think. There was three to four rallies where he couldn’t come to the net. He didn’t close to the net and then he lost the point. There is always room where we can improve.
“I think our project is always to be more aggressive, so try to go more to the net, try to make some more drop shots sometimes.”
Darren Cahill, the legendary tennis figure who has coached Sinner since 2022, also discussed how the Tour’s best players adapt and adjust their games throughout their careers.
“One of the great things also with the golden generation that we’ve just had is watching Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray evolve their games through the years as well. They never stopped,” Cahill, who has also worked with Andre Agassi and Andy Murray, said.
“They never stopped trying to improve. They pushed each other incredibly hard.
“Alexander is now playing a different style of tennis against Jannik. We know Jannik is going to have to improve in certain areas to handle that type of game. Carlos [Alcaraz] is going to come back really strong, as well, as we all hope.
“At 24 years of age, to have a long, successful career, you need to keep adding things to his game.
“The stuff that Simone and he are doing on the court is remarkable . They work on the little things every single day. Then you need the matches to try to put that into play.
“We saw a lot of the stuff he doesn’t normally like doing, even in the final today. Sliced backhands, a couple lobs, couple dropshots. Really stepping up when he needed to in the big moments.
“Instead of being defensive and waiting the opponent to come to him, he took it away from his opponent. They’re all really great things for us to look at from a coaching perspective.”
The last 10 Wimbledon Men’s Singles champions
- 2026 – Jannik Sinner
- 2025 – Jannik Sinner
- 2024 – Carlos Alcaraz
- 2023 – Carlos Alcaraz
- 2022 – Novak Djokovic
- 2021 – Novak Djokovic
- 2019 – Novak Djokovic
- 2018 – Novak Djokovic
- 2017 – Roger Federer
- 2016 – Novak Djokovic
After defeating Zverev, Sinner will look ahead to the North American hard-court swing.
The Italian’s next event is currently the Canadian Open, which starts on August 1.
Sinner only played two events during last year’s swing: the Cincinnati Open and US Open.
Sinner reached the final in Cincinnati. He was then forced to retire midway through his match against Carlos Alcaraz due to illness.
The Italian later qualified for a third consecutive US Open final.
Alcaraz again triumphed, beating Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in New York.
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Jannik Sinner has already adjusted his game to challenge Carlos Alcaraz
After the 2025 US Open final, it became clear that Sinner needed to make some changes to his game in order to challenge his great rival, Carlos Alcaraz.
Sinner’s performance was too predictable during the final, allowing Alcaraz to easily read Sinner’s patterns of play and subsequently counteract with great effect.
“I was very predictable today,” Sinner said in New York, as reported by ESPN. “During this tournament, I didn’t make one serve-volley, didn’t use a lot of drop shots, and then you arrive to a point where you play against Carlos where you have to go out of the comfort zone.
“I’m going to aim to … [try] to be a bit more unpredictable as a player because I think that’s what I have to do … to become a better tennis player.”
Sinner has clearly acted upon his comments, particularly when it comes to the drop shot.
The Italian has seemingly placed greater emphasis on the shot over the past year, utilising the short ball at a great rate – and more effectively – than in previous years.
With Sinner now looking to add a greater level of net play to his game, Carlos Alcaraz will likely need to carry out his own adjustments ahead of his return to the Tour.
