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Al Arabiya
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- Al Arabiya
Iga Swiatek is at no. 3 after Wimbledon and Amanda Anisimova is in the top 10. Sinner still no. 1
Iga Swiatek's Wimbledon championship moved her up to No. 3 in the WTA rankings Monday, and Amanda Anisimova's runner-up finish allowed the American to break into the top 10 for the first time at No. 7. A year ago, Anisimova was ranked 189th and wasn't able to get into the field at the All England Club automatically. So she tried to qualify but lost. This year, Anisimova was seeded at Wimbledon and made it all the way to her first Grand Slam final, beating No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals before losing to Swiatek 6-0, 6-0. 'I look at it and I'm like, 'Oh wow.' It's kind of a shock at first, and I can't really process it. Then it's like, 'Oh yeah, I've played very well so far this year,' so it kind of makes sense. I feel like I kind of look at it from both sides,' Anisimova said. She climbed from No. 12. 'I mean it's super special and a surreal feeling to be in the top 10,' Anisimova said. 'If I thought to myself last year, if someone told me that I'll be breaking the top 10 by now, I don't know, it would be pretty surprising to me considering where I was last summer.' For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Swiatek was No. 1 for most of the past three seasons, but a year without reaching a tournament final dropped her to No. 8 last month. Making the final at a grass-court tournament before Wimbledon pushed her up to No. 4, and now she's another place higher after collecting her sixth major trophy. Sabalenka remained atop the women's rankings, followed by French Open champion Coco Gauff, who lost in the first round at Wimbledon. Laura Siegemund leaped up 50 spots for the biggest improvement Monday – from 104th to 54th – by getting to the quarterfinals. The biggest fall was by 2024 Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova, who slid 62 places from No. 16 to No. 78 after bowing out in the third round. Jannik Sinner stayed at No. 1 in the ATP after his first Wimbledon title and fourth at a Grand Slam tournament. Carlos Alcaraz, the two-time defending champion who lost in Sunday's final, kept his No. 2 ranking. Semifinalist Taylor Fritz went up from No. 5 to No. 4, swapping with Jack Draper. Flavio Cobolli's debut in a Grand Slam quarterfinal – he lost in that round to Novak Djokovic – lifted the 23-year-old Italian into the top 20 for the first time, going from No. 24 to No. 19. Ben Shelton rose one spot to No. 9, and Andre Rublev rose four to No. 10.
Al Arabiya
2 hours ago
- Al Arabiya
Jannik Sinner wanted to win Wimbledon but he really needed to beat Carlos Alcaraz
Jannik Sinner needed this victory. He wanted to win Wimbledon, of course, and it would have meant a lot to him no matter who the opponent was in the final. That this championship—his fourth at a Grand Slam tournament—came via a win over Carlos Alcaraz made it all the more significant to Sinner—and to the future of their burgeoning rivalry, the best men's tennis has to offer these days and perhaps for many years to come. 'It is important for sure,' the No. 1-ranked Sinner said Sunday night after prevailing 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 against No. 2 Alcaraz, 'because when you lose several times against someone, it's not easy.' Sinner had lost five matches in a row against Alcaraz, none more disheartening than the one they played last month in the French Open final. Sinner grabbed a two-set lead in that one, then held a trio of championship points before losing in five sets after 5 hours 29 minutes. 'I keep looking up to Carlos because even today I felt like he was doing couple of things better than I did,' Sinner said. 'So that's something … we will work on and prepare ourselves because he's going to come for us again.' Perhaps as soon as at the US Open, which starts in New York on Aug. 24 and where Sinner is the defending champion. They will be seeded No. 1 and No. 2 again, so could only meet there in another final. Alcaraz won the trophy at Flushing Meadows in 2022, beginning a stretch in which he and Sinner have combined to win nine of the past 12 majors. That includes the last seven, leaving zero doubt that these two young guys—Sinner is 23, Alcaraz is 22—have pushed themselves way past everyone else in the game at the moment. 'I'm just really really happy about having this rivalry with him. It's great for us and it is great for tennis. Every time we play against each other our level is really high,' Alcaraz said. 'We don't (see) a level like this if I'm honest with you. I don't see any (other players) playing against each other (and) having the level that we are playing when we face each other.' Both serve well, although Sinner was better at that Sunday. Both return well, although again Sinner was superior over these particular three hours. Both cover the court exceedingly well—Alcaraz is faster, Sinner has a bigger reach and is a better slider. Both hit the ball so so hard—Alcaraz is more prone to the spectacular, Sinner is as pure and consistent a ball-striker as there is. And so on. One other contrast usually is that Alcaraz shows emotion, whether via yells of 'Vamos!' or the sort of point-to-his-ear-then-pump-his-fist celebration he did after winning Sunday's opening set by stretching and reaching low for a cross-court backhand to close a 12-stroke point. Sinner is far more contained. Even his arm-raised victory poses are mild-mannered. Sunday, though, there were more visible displays. He even shouted 'Let's go!' after one point. Later, he shook his racket overhead while the crowd roared after a well-struck backhand. When he took a set with a forehand winner, Sinner held a pose, then lifted a fist. When the match was over, he crouched, lowered his head and pounded his right palm on the grass five times. 'You saw a bit more energy from him in the big moments,' said one of Sinner's coaches, Darren Cahill, 'and a bit more focus to knuckle down and make sure that when he had his nose in front that he kept on closing the door against Carlos.' Both players spoke about their matchup motivating them to work hard to try to improve. 'It gives me the opportunity to just give my 100 percent every practice, every day. Just to be better thanks to that,' said Alcaraz, who won the past two Wimbledon titles and was 5-0 in Grand Slam finals before Sunday. 'The level that I have to maintain and I have to raise if I want to beat Jannik is really high.' Sinner described Alcaraz as someone 'who is young, who wins basically everything. You have to be ready,' Sinner explained, 'if you want to keep up.'
Asharq Al-Awsat
2 hours ago
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Sinner Eyes Golden Era after Wimbledon Glory
Jannik Sinner has warned Carlos Alcaraz that he will get even stronger after beating his arch-rival to win his first Wimbledon title on Sunday. Sinner avenged an agonizing French Open final loss against Alcaraz as he battered the Spaniard into submission with a dynamic display of power hitting on Center Court. The Italian's 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory ended Alcaraz's two-year reign as Wimbledon champion and gave Sinner his fourth Grand Slam crown. Sinner has reached the last four Grand Slam finals, winning three of them, and the world number one has no intention of resting on his laurels. "I don't think I'm at my best because at 23 I don't think you can be in your best shape ever. So hopefully I can keep improving," he said. "I keep looking up to Carlos because even today I felt like he was doing couple of things better than I did. "That's something we will work on and prepare ourselves because he's going to come for us again. "We have a big target on us, so we have to be prepared." It was a cathartic triumph for Sinner after he squandered a two-set lead and blew three championship points against Alcaraz at Roland Garros in June. Alcaraz had won five successive encounters against the 23-year-old, including finals in Paris, Rome and Beijing, prior to their showdown at the All England Club. Sinner admitted it was vital to finally beat the world number two for the first time since 2023. "It is important, for sure, because you know, when you lose several times against someone, it's not easy. But in the same time in the past I felt that I was very close," he said. "I never pushed myself down. I felt like I did something great because it has been not easy. Coming here and winning Wimbledon, it has been amazing." 'The rivalry is real' While Sinner had spent the last five weeks publicly insisting he would not let his French Open collapse affect him, he revealed he had to work hard to move on from the loss before launching his Wimbledon challenge. "This is the part where I'm the proudest because it really has not been easy. I always tried to be honest with myself and had the self-talk. You know, what if, what if? I tried to accept it, in a way," said Sinner, who returned from a three-month doping ban in May. "Even if I don't cry, it feels emotional because only me and the people who are close to me know exactly what we have been through on and off the court, and it has been everything except easy. "We've tried to push, you know, every practice session, even I was struggling at times mentally. "That's why I also said after Roland Garros that it's not the time to put me down, no, because another Grand Slam is coming up, and I did great here." Sinner and Alcaraz have won the past seven majors between them, establishing themselves in a class of their own. Sinner's coach Darren Cahill expects the pair to battle for supremacy for years to come, but he stopped short of comparing it to the dynastic era of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. "It's difficult to compare this rivalry to what we've just had. It's been a golden age in tennis with Novak and Roger and Rafa. They dominated for 20 years," Cahill said. "To win a Grand Slam back in those days, you had to beat one of them in the quarters, the other one in the semis, and another one in the final. "These guys still have a ways to go, but they've started incredibly well. Carlos is a big focus, and both of those guys are pushing each other. "The rivalry is real. Hopefully it's going to be there for the next 10 or 12 years."
