Italian top seed Jannik Sinner successfully defended his Wimbledon men's singles title on Sunday, coming from a set down to defeat Germany's second seed Alexander Zverev in the final.

The victory marks the fifth Grand Slam title for the 24-year-old Sinner, who extended his winning streak against Zverev to 10 consecutive matches.

Zverev took the opening set in a tense tiebreak, but Sinner responded with a dominant second-set tiebreak to level the match. He then seized control in the third and fourth sets with superior baseline play and serving, closing out the match in just under four hours.

"I'm very happy about the win, but I'm mostly very happy about the level we both played," Sinner said, praising Zverev. "If you play like this, I'm very, very sure you are going to have this one at home as well," he added, pointing at the trophy.

A dejected Zverev joked, "I don't really like you anymore." He added, "To be fair, I lost to you nine times in a row," losing count of his defeats against Sinner. "Congratulations to Jannik, he showed once again why he's the best player in the world. It was great to share Centre Court with you on the finals weekend. Unfortunately, it didn't go my way."

Zverev is the first German to contest the Wimbledon title match since Boris Becker in 1995. No German man has lifted the Wimbledon trophy since Michael Stich's all-German final win over Becker in 1991.

Source: www.dw.com