Why Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek's Wimbledon 2025 victories were special?

For any tennis player in the world, winning the Wimbledon is one of high points in his or her career. But for Jannik Sinner, the most important thing besides winning the Wimbledon was getting better of Carlos Alcaraz. The day came on Sunday when the 23-year-old came from a set down to beat the Spaniard 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 at the Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

Sinner had lost five matches in a row against Alcaraz with the latest one coming in the final of the French Open earlier this year in a thrilling 5 hours and 29 minutes of play. The Wimbledon triumph was perfect revenge for the Italian.

But what made Sinner's triumph special? Born in San Candido, a village in northern Italy, on the border of Austria, Sinner became the first-ever Italian - male or female - win lift the Wimbledon title. Before Sinner, two Italians came close to winning the title, but fell one match short.

While Matteo Berrettini lost to Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 2021, Jasmine Paolini fell short in the women's singles final last year to Barbora Krejcikova.

Already a winner of four Grand Slams (1 US Open, 4 French Open), Swiatek's beating of Anisimova meant she became the youngest woman since a 20-year-old Serena Williams in 2002 to lift major titles on all three surfaces. She also emerged as the first player since Monica Seles in 1992 to win her first six major finals.

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