It is also notable that this is the first time anyone from Poland and Italy has won a men’s and women’s singles title at Wimbledon. For Alcaraz, it meant his quest for a hat-trick was thwarted by Sinner, the pair now being dubbed the Big Two of men’s tennis with the end of the reign of the Big Three, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

Five weeks after their French Open classic, Sinner outplayed Alcaraz from the baseline to win his first Wimbledon title.