Crowds pack the stands of Centre Court before Italy’s Jannik Sinner plays Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the men’s singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Britain’s Prince William, right, Kate, Princess of Wales, Prince George and Princess Charlotte arrive at the Royal Box to watch Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during their men’s singles final match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 13, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
FILE - Winner Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, right, and second placed Italy’s Jannik Sinner pose with trophies after the final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain celebrates winning the men’s semifinal singles match against Taylor Fritz of the U.S. at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 11, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Jannik Sinner of Italy and Novak Djorkovic of Serbia shake hands after the men’s semifinal singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 11, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
Crowds pack the stands of Centre Court before Italy’s Jannik Sinner plays Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the men’s singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
LONDON (AP) — Jannik Sinner has taken the second set 6-4 against Carlos Alcaraz to level the Wimbledon men’s final at 1-1.
Alcaraz won the first set 6-4 in a highly anticipated meeting that comes just five weeks after the pair played an epic match to determine the French Open champion.
But Sinner broke the Spaniard in the opening game of the second set and then held serve the rest of the way. That was 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, causing Alcaraz to raise both hands and shake his head in frustration.
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Sinner lost the following point but went on to hold for a 3-1 lead.
The matchup at Centre Court between the marks the first time the same two men faced off in the title matches on the clay at Roland-Garros and the grass at the All England Club in the same year since Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal did it in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Alcaraz, a 22-year-old from Spain, defeated Sinner, a 22-year-old from Italy, on June 8, coming back from a two-set deficit and saving three match points along the way.
That made Alcaraz 5-0 in Grand Slam finals, including .
He also carries a career-best 24-match winning streak into Sunday and has beaten Sinner five times in a row.
Sinner owns three major trophies and is playing in his fourth consecutive Slam final — but first at the All England Club.
He won the last September and the this January.
Sinner is wearing the tape and arm sleeve to protect his right elbow that he has been using since on Monday. After eliminating in the semifinals, Sinner said he didn’t think his elbow would be an issue on Sunday.
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