LONDON — Jannik Sinner defeated two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to win his first Wimbledon championship and reverse the result of their epic French Open final five weeks ago. The No. 1-ranked Sinner earned his fourth Grand Slam title overall, moving him one away from No. 2 Alcaraz’s total as the two young rivals …
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Iga Swiatek needed less than an hour to defeat Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in Saturday’s Wimbledon final. It was only the second time in the Open Era that a women’s Grand Slam champion did not lose a single game. And then the real work began: For nearly three hours, Swiatek dutifully made the rounds. It opened with a packed press …
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After two all-time classics, the trilogy fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano failed to live up to the hype on Friday night. After 10 rounds of slow-paced action, Taylor took her third razor-thin decision over Serrano to retain the undisputed junior welterweight title. Serrano, who had her most success in the first two fights by charging forward and throwing …
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