Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek celebrate first Wimbledon wins with Champions' Dinner dance

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Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek celebrated their respective first Wimbledon triumphs at the traditional glitzy Champions' Dinner on Sunday night.
Women's world No3 Swiatek crowned her best-ever run on grass with a maiden SW19 victory on Saturday, afternoon lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish after thrashing American 13th seed Amanda Anisimova 6-0 6-0 in less than an hour in her first final on Centre Court.
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Never before in the modern Open Era of tennis had a player produced a ruthless double bagel to win the women's Wimbledon singles final, with Dorothea Lambert Chambers the last do to it all the way back in 1911 against Dora Boothby.
It was a sixth Grand Slam success in total so far for the first Polish Wimbledon winner, who now just needs to win the Australian Open to complete the full set of major championships, having won four French Open titles since 2020 as the 'Queen of Clay' in addition to the 2022 US Open.
That dominant victory was followed up 24 hours later by reigning men's world No1 Sinner, who responded to his agonising five-set defeat by Carlos Alcaraz in the Roland Garros showpiece last month by toppling the back-to-back defending Wimbledon champion 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the latest instalment of their growing rivalry.
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The Italian is now a four-time Grand Slam winner, having also won the Australian Open in back-to-back years in addition to last year's US Open.
As is long-standing Wimbledon tradition, respective singles winners Sinner and Swiatek later got dressed up on Sunday night for the glamourous annual Champions' Dinner, which was held at the luxury Raffles London at The OWO, located in the heart of Whitehall.
First-time winners: Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek pose with their trophies at the Wimbledon Champions' Dinner (AELTC via Getty Images)
The duo again posed with their trophies that were initially presented on court over the weekend by The Princess of Wales, also honouring custom by sharing a short dance together, the footage of which has since been posted on social media by the official Wimbledon accounts.
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Sinner and Swiatek danced together for around 20 seconds to the tune of Portugal. The Man's 2017 hit 'Feel It Still', with the host for the evening joking beforehand that they would be awarded a 10 out of 10 regardless if Annabel Croft was in attendance with Strictly Come Dancing scorecards.
After the dance, she joked: 'We said 10 out of 10, I think everyone in this room is drunk enough that it doesn't even matter. It's all good, enjoy your champagne and the rest of the night. Congratulations.'
On the prospect of performing the traditional Champions' Dinner dance, Sinner had said with a smile after winning Wimbledon: 'That's a problem. I'm not really good at dancing. But come on… I can handle it.'