TENNIS – Alexander Zverev will hope the old adage about London buses – you wait an age for one and then two come along at once – holds true for his tennis career today as he attempts to upset the odds and dethrone Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon final.
It will be a daunting challenge for the newly-crowned French Open champion though as his reward for reaching his first Wimbledon final is a clash with the Italian who has beaten him nine times in a row including winning the last 14 sets.
On the positive side though for Zverev – the first German to reach the men’s final at Wimbledon since Boris Becker in 1995 – is that he suddenly seems to be walking taller, which is saying something for a man standing at 6 feet 6 inches.
Zverev seized his chance at Roland Garros after a wrist injury ruled out 2025 champion Carlos Alcaraz and Sinner suffered a meltdown in a Parisian furnace in the second round.
The world number three went on to win a nervy final against Italian Flavio Cobolli, thus ending the Alcaraz-Sinner duopoly which had seen them share out the previous nine Grand Slam titles.
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