{"id":536112,"date":"2026-07-11T09:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/536112\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T09:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:17:11","slug":"jannik-sinner-alexander-zverev-power-into-wimbledon-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/536112\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev power into Wimbledon final"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON \u2013 Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev swept into the Wimbledon final in ruthless style on Friday<\/a>, leaving broken dreams in their wake as Novak Djokovic and Arthur Fery fell short in their bids to make history.<\/p>\n

Sinner is within touching distance of a second successive Wimbledon title after ending Djokovic\u2019s latest attempt to win a record 25th Grand Slam triumph with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 demolition of the seven-time champion.<\/p>\n

The Italian world No. 1 will meet French Open champion Zverev in Sunday\u2019s title match following the German second seed\u2019s 7-6 (7-0), 6-2, 6-4 rout of British wildcard Fery.<\/p>\n

The Centre Court crowd hoped to witness the latest chapter in Fery\u2019s fairytale run, as well as another demonstration of the 39-year-old Djokovic\u2019s age-defying heroics.<\/p>\n

But instead they were left to applaud the brutally efficient combination of power-hitting and lethal serving that carried both Sinner and Zverev into the final.<\/p>\n

Sinner will be appearing in his second Wimbledon final as he chases a fifth Grand Slam crown, while recently crowned French Open champion Zverev, in search of a second major title, is through to his maiden showpiece at the All England Club.<\/p>\n

Sinner goes into the final as the firm favourite, having won his last nine meetings with Zverev, including four this year. But while he is on a 13-match winning streak at Wimbledon, Zverev has won his last 13 matches at Grand Slams.<\/p>\n

The Italian can notch his 100th Grand Slam match win by repeating his 2025 Australian Open final victory over Zverev.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot to me to play one more final here. It\u2019s the most special tournament we have,\u201d said Sinner, who crashed out in the second round of the French Open.<\/p>\n

Sinner, 24, will be competing in his seventh Grand Slam final and his first since losing to Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open last year.<\/p>\n

Sinner and Zverev have dropped just two sets each in this year\u2019s tournament, with the Italian coming from two sets to one down in a first-round scare against Miomir Kecmanovic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew mentally I had to raise my level, which I have done so I am very happy,\u201d Sinner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy where I am, happy to be back in the final and we hope for a good final on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zverev will be in his fifth Grand Slam final after finally shedding the unwanted tag as the most talented player of his generation never to win a major in June.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old can become the seventh man in the Open era to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon back to back.<\/p>\n

\u201cJannik has won Wimbledon last year. Again, I think the serve-return patterns are going to be very, very important,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Just 12 months ago, Zverev suffered an embarrassing Wimbledon first-round exit against Arthur Rinderknech.<\/p>\n

Now he is on the brink of becoming the first German man to win Wimbledon since Michael Stich in 1991.<\/p>\n

He is the first male German finalist at Wimbledon since Boris Becker in 1995.<\/p>\n

Asked if he felt liberated by his French Open final win over Flavio Cobolli, Zverev said: \u201cYes, one thing, for sure, once you win a major you know how to do it and you feel like you can do it again.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have this feeling inside of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Djokovic will be 40 by the time he has another chance to draw level with Roger Federer\u2019s record eight Wimbledon titles, but he is planning to be back for another tilt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to, at least one more time,\u201d he said when asked if he would return to Wimbledon next year.<\/p>\n

His last Grand Slam title came at the 2023 US Open, since when he has lost six major semi-finals.<\/p>\n

For Fery, the frustration of failing to become the first wildcard to reach the Wimbledon final since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001 was tempered by his unbelievable run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of how I handled the progression of the tournament and how I kept going in every match. It might have been just a step too far today,\u201d the world No. 114 said after his defeat. AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON \u2013 Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev swept into the Wimbledon final in ruthless style on Friday, leaving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-536112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}