The German is 30-0 up and loses four consecutive points to hand the Italian the game.
Did you know that Zverev has only had 10 break points in his last six matches against today’s opponent? Oh, and he’s lost their last nine clashes.
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Talk about having that edge over someone…
Zverev’s impressive forehand
Zverev is already throwing in 137mph serves but it’s the power on his forehand that is most surprising. It’s always a weapon but he’s holding nothing back at all. Clearly looking to make a quick mark on the match but I’d be amazed if he can sustain the accuracy
Jannik Sinner 2-2 Alexander Zverev
It’s been a really even affair so far with both players dominating their own service games. And Zverev, once again, has done just that.
The German is absolutely crunching his first serves and, when they’re accurate, Sinner has got little to no chance of returning.
Jannik Sinner 2-1 Alexander Zverev
Zverev was wayward from the baseline there, and it hands Sinner an easy win of his second service game.
The Italian held serve with a delightful dink down the line after Zverev advanced to the net.
Jannik Sinner 1-1 Alexander Zverev
You can’t help but feel like the first break of the match could be enough to win the opening set.
This pair are arguably the two best servers in the world, so it’s going to take one hell of an effort to overcome that.
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Shock, Zverev holds serve to win his opening game- and the German clocked his quickest serve of the Championships too.
Jannik Sinner 1-0 Alexander Zverev
Having been down 30-15, Sinner responds with three impressive serves to win the day’s opening game.
Now for that serve of Zverev’s which, I have to say, is something to behold. Some of them were flying over poor old Arthur Fery’s head on Friday!
First set: Jannik Sinner 0-0 Alexander Zverev
Tremendous play from Zverev to earn his first point of the match.
The big German appears to miscue a backhand and it gives Sinner an advantage, but Zverev manages to find a foothold once more.
He bounds forward from the baseline to the net and, low down his right, volleys across to Sinner to win the point.
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And we’re underway!
Let all the talk finish because, at last, we are underway in Wimbledon.
Jannik Sinner wins the opening point of this final after an unforced error from Alexander Zverev with his second serve.
15-0.
Tough conditions on Centre Court
On more tennis-y matters, it’s quite breezy on Centre Court so I wonder if that will be a factor today. Would naturally make Sinner the favourite based on his head-to-head record (nine straight wins over Zverez, the past seven in straight sets) but hard to warm to either man. On the latter, we’ll leave it at that but I would expect to go into greater detail in the report later.
Prince William causes a fuss
One of those Wimbledon quirks is the proximity of well-known or significant faces. A moment ago, there was a minor disruption in one of the walkways adjacent to Centre Court, causing a bemused spectator to ask the guy next to him the reason for the fuss. ‘Prince William is meant to be coming over that bridge and everyone is getting daft about it.’ A very civil kind of unrest etc.
Fery was supposed to be in Greece!
Just a brief aside from Sinner and Zverev because, after all, we all loved that Arthur Fery run, right?
Well, the Brit admitted yesterday that he was actually supposed to be holidaying in Greece on the day of his semi-final. The story just keeps getting better and better.
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Read more from Fery’s interview in this piece from the Daily Mail’s tennis reporter, Matthew Lambwell.
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