Carlos Alcaraz’s road to redemption begins now after losing the 2025 Wimbledon final to Jannik Sinner.
The Spaniard was second-best for the majority of the four-set contest, losing 6-4 4-6 4-6 4-6 to the world number one.
Sinner was able to neutralise Alcaraz’s high-energy game, while capitalising on a poor serving performance from the five-time Grand Slam champion.
The Italian has now won three of the last four majors, and came within one point of holding all four Grand Slams at once.
Alcaraz, never one to shy away from a fight on the tennis court, will surely return to the US Open with a vengeance in mind, and one journalist has pointed to what Alcaraz must ‘figure out’ at the tournament.
Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty ImagesDavid Law says Alcaraz must ‘figure out’ US Open struggles
David Law, who provides much of the BBC’s Wimbledon commentary, said that Alcaraz has ‘a lot of proving to do’ during the American hard court swing.
After winning his maiden Grand Slam title at the 2022 US Open, Alcaraz has struggled at the tournament. In 2023 he lost in the semi-finals to Daniil Medvedev, and in 2024 he was shocked by Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets in the second round.
Speaking on The Tennis Podcast, Law said: “I think that Alcaraz has got a lot of proving to do in this swing coming up.
“He’s looked the last two years… in 2023 he lost to Medvedev and in 2024 he lost to van de Zandschulp. He just didn’t look right in either of those matches really. It wasn’t like ‘worldy’ performances knocked him out. I mean, they were both very good.
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“The real Carlos Alcaraz beats him (Botic) and he hasn’t looked the same for three years so he’s got to figure that out and that’s what was happening a lot of summer with Nadal, some summers occasionally with Djokovic. N
“Neither one of them had as good a record at the US Open as they had elsewhere. It’s tough, it’s really tough to just keep on going.
“So how you make sure that Alcaraz comes into that fresh… I don’t really have any doubts over Sinner, he doesn’t seem to have these let downs. So, I’m fascinated.”
Wimbledon final the first without the ‘big four’ since 2002
For the first time in a long time, we had two new faces grace Centre Court for the Wimbledon Men’s Singles final.
The final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner marked the first time since 2002 that the gentlemen’s final hasn’t featured Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic.
Of course, Djokovic had an opportunity to extend that streak, but he lost in the semi-finals to Sinner.
23 years of dominance on Centre Court 🏆
It was the first time since 2002 that the gentlemen’s final hasn’t featured Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic
👉 Jannik Sinner: born in 2001
👉 Carlos Alcaraz: born in 2003 pic.twitter.com/tBXu2MECjM— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 15, 2025
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One of Alcaraz and Sinner have won the last seven Grand Slams, and they are unlikely to slow down any time soon.