Sinner sees off Zverev to defend his Wimbledon crown

Jannik Sinner is a Wimbledon champion for the second year running. The world number one produced a ruthless display on Centre Court to beat Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, defending the title he won in 2025 and underlining his command of the men's game.

It was a final that matched the top two seeds, but never a contest of equals. Sinner served with authority, struck cleanly off both wings, and gave the German almost nothing to work with. Three tight but one-sided sets later, the Italian sank to the grass as champion, having dropped serve rarely all afternoon and closed the match out with the same calm that has defined his season.

For Zverev, it was a chastening end to a breakthrough summer. The 29-year-old had arrived chasing the 'Channel Slam' after finally landing his maiden Grand Slam at Roland-Garros weeks earlier, and a first Wimbledon final confirmed his form on a surface that had long been his weakest. But he ran into an opponent who has now beaten him in every meeting of a lengthy head-to-head, and the drought at the All England Club goes on.

Sinner reached the final by ending Novak Djokovic's latest bid for a record-extending Grand Slam, winning their semifinal 7-5, 7-6(4), 6-3. Djokovic still left his mark on the fortnight, passing Roger Federer's record for most Wimbledon men's singles match wins along the way.

The victory caps a remarkable run for Sinner, who bounced back from an early French Open exit to reassert himself as the man to beat, and it hands Wimbledon back-to-back champions in the same name for the first time in years.