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World No.1 Jannik Sinner defeats Carlos Alcaraz to claim his first Wimbledon title

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World No.1 Jannik Sinner defeats Carlos Alcaraz to claim his first Wimbledon title

Italian Yannick Sinner, winner of Wimbledon, the third of the four major tournaments, flew on Sunday at the top of the tennis players' rankings, expanding the gap over runner-up in the English tournament, Spaniard Carlos Alcaras, to 3,430 points in Monday's edition.Sinner defeated Alcaras in the «Wimbledon Final» on Sunday 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, winning his fourth title in the «Grand Slam» tournaments.Sinner scored 1,600 points by winning the title for the first time in his career, while Alcaras lost 700 points, after being the defending champion.German Alexander Zverev retained third place, despite his humiliating exit from the first round, while American Taylor Fritz regained fourth place by reaching the semi-finals.In the women's category, Polish Iga Schwinnik rose to third place, after winning the Wimbledon Championship, after her clean victory over American Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0, while the latter rose 5 places and now occupies seventh place.Italian Jasmine Paolini fell 4 places, after being eliminated in...

 the second round, while Czech Barbora Krajicekova, last year's champion, fell 62 places and became 78th.Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka remained in the lead, noting that she was eliminated from the semi-finals of the English Championship after losing to Anisimova.

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