by Jannik Sinner revealed his pride on how he crashed back from French Open Heartbreak to claim a first Wimbledon title.
The number one in the world hit Carlos Alcaraz in four sets on the Center Court in a little more than three hours and has a way five weeks ago to ask for revenge for his defeat in Paris to the same opponent.
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Sinner had three championship points in Roland Garros in the fourth set, but they slipped away when Alcaraz forced a decision and won an epic finale.
Sinner had to ask himself regularly since the painful defeat and whether she was still in mind, but the 23-year-old gave a emphatic answer to securing his fourth Grand Slam title at the next opportunity.
“I think that’s the part in which I am the proudest because it was really not easy,” said Sinner.
“I have always tried to be honest with me and also had the self -talk, you know what if, what if I always tried to accept it in a way.
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“Things can happen. I think if you lose a Grand Slam final in this way, it is much better than someone kills you, you know that you make two games. Then after you continue, you continue.
“I did a lot of intensity in every exercise because I had the feeling that I could play very well. That’s why I also said to Roland Garros that it was not the time to lay down, no, because another Grand Slam arrives and I did great here.”
Sünder and Alcaraz have shared the last seven Grand slams between them.
Alcaraz had been the dominant force in the head-to-head meetings and won his previous five games against sinners, but the Italian had taken the fine edges from the fine edges in several of these encounters.
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Asked about the importance of completing his loss against Alcaraz, Sinner said: “It is certainly important that it is not easy if you lose someone several times.
“But in the past I had the feeling that I was very close. When they see all the matchups, I start [with] Beijing, 7-6 in the third.
“Then Rome was that I had a setpoint in the first set, I couldn’t use it. Then I passed what happened in Paris. But I felt close. I never pushed myself down.”
