{"id":801382,"date":"2026-07-14T13:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/801382\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:43:09","slug":"tennis-needs-him-sinner-hopes-for-alcaraz-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/801382\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tennis Needs Him\u2019: Sinner Hopes for Alcaraz Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Casablanca \u2013 Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner says men\u2019s t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2026\/05\/295252\/moroccos-u14-boys-and-girls-teams-qualify-for-the-2026-world-junior-tennis-finals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ennis<\/a> \u201cneeds\u201d Carlos Alcaraz back on court, while also praising Alexander Zverev\u2019s continued rise after defending his title at the All England Club.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian retained his Wimbledon crown by defeating Zverev 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, 6-4 in a four-set final that lasted just under four hours.<\/p>\n<p>The victory saw Sinner become the first man since Roger Federer between 2004 and 2007 to win back-to-back Wimbledon titles, while also claiming his fifth Grand Slam trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the current state of the men\u2019s game after the final, Sinner welcomed the growing competition but admitted Alcaraz\u2019s absence has been noticeable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig, big respect to Sascha, because he\u2019s doing something amazing. His game is growing and growing,\u201d Sinner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s good, because you always have someone who is pushing you to the limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world number one then turned his attention to Alcaraz, who has been sidelined since April after suffering a wrist injury during the Barcelona Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that Carlos is coming back, as well, because tennis needs him,\u201d Sinner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving Novak [Djokovic] still around, having all the young players coming, it\u2019s really, really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Zverev captured his maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros earlier this year, Sinner and Alcaraz had shared the previous nine major titles between them.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner himself arrived at Wimbledon looking to rebound from a disappointing French Open campaign, where he suffered a shock second-round exit after losing from two sets ahead against Juan Manuel Cerundolo.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian admitted the setback made his Wimbledon triumph even more satisfying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, this one means a lot because it was a tough one after Paris again,\u201d Sinner said.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner also reserved praise for Zverev, whose run to the Wimbledon final came just weeks after winning his first Grand Slam title in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the German after the match, Sinner backed him to continue challenging for the sport\u2019s biggest prizes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou reached one of your main goals in winning a grand slam and made it happen in Paris,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were so, so close. If you play like this, I\u2019m very sure you are going to have this one at home as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep going. I know another goal for you is to become the number one in the world. You are very, very close, so we have to be very careful now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Casablanca \u2013 Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner says men\u2019s tennis \u201cneeds\u201d Carlos Alcaraz back on court, while also praising&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,619,615,82,593],"class_list":["post-801382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}