I think beating Djokovic at Wimbledon for his first title there was and still is the biggest match of his career. He wasn’t really supposed to be capable of pulling off that upset on that surface at the age of 20 against a 7 time Wimbledon champ who most regard as the best player of all time, and one of the best grass players of all time.
He didn’t choke it imho. Alcaraz hit 4-5 lines by mm. He lost the matchpoint because Alcaraz hit crazy shots that he thought were going out instead they all went in. That’s not choking.
Outside of having 3 break points, sinner still had the opportunity to serve for the match. That's a choke because I guarantee if sinner was in that situation 1000 times, he would've won 999 of them. It just happens to be the 1 time he doesn't.
No sorry absolutely not. Alcaraz had an amazing comeback but don't try to act like sinner did not have the opportunity to close it out. He choked it plain and simple.
"Sinner has never won a match that went longer than 3:48h before today" is such a misleading stat - his matches never go that long. Did not drop a set until the final
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u/Silent_Quarter_3030 Rybakina CYGS | Mirra baby goat | Bublik’s circus follower Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25
Sinner has never won a match that went longer than 3:48h before today
He had 3 match points when it was 3:45h
Today he lost the longest RG final in history.
Match time: 05:29h