Simone Vagnozzi Gives His Take on Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz’s Wimbledon Final Showdown

Jannik Sinner is set to take on Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the Wimbledon Championships. It will be their second meeting at the All England Club with Sinner winning their first back in 2022. Ahead of the match-up, Simone Vagnozzi, a member of Sinner’s team gave his take on who will win the title on Sunday (July 13).

Sinner and Alcaraz will face each other for the thirteenth time on the tour and the third time this year. The latter leads the former 8-4 in their head-to-head record and has beaten Sinner in their last five meetings. In their past two meetings this season, Alcaraz first beat Sinner in straight sets at the Italian Open.

Then they met at the French Open, where Sinner took a two-set lead before Alcaraz came from behind to win the match in 5 hours and 29 minutes, the longest final in the history of Roland Garros. Also, Alcaraz is currently on a 24-match winning streak, the last time he lost a match was at the Barcelona Open final.

He has also won 33 of his last 34 matches dating back to April this year. On the other hand, Sinner has dropped only two sets at the Wimbledon Championship, while Alcaraz has dropped five. The Italian has also lost only two matches since his return to tour after serving a three-month suspension.

Ahead of their clash, Simone Vagnozzi was asked who would win the clash during an interview with Ubitennis. The Italian coach revealed that it is 50-50 and that the winner will be who seizes the opportunity to claim the victory:

At this stage, the Sinner-Alcaraz matches are 50-50. We saw in Paris how it was decided really on a few points, and it will be the same. Here, playing styles change a bit because there is more emphasis on defense, serving matters more, mobility is worse. I still think the match will be 50-50. We will see who will be able to seize the opportunity and who will be in better form that day.

Alcaraz and Sinner met at the French Open final and will meet again at the Wimbledon final. The last player to battle in two consecutive finals was Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in 2016, and the former won both matches. Alcaraz will be seeking to do the same against Sinner and claim his third consecutive Wimbledon title.

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