Wimbledon 2025 live updates: Men’s final score as Carlos Alcaraz takes first set vs. Jannik Sinner – The New York Times

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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have renewed their thrilling rivalry in the final match at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.
Alcaraz won the first set 6-4. But Sinner broke early in the second. The current score is *Sinner 4-6, 3-2 Alcaraz.
Alcaraz (2) beat Taylor Fritz on Friday to reach the final. Sinner (1) sped past a hobbled Novak Djokovic (6) in straight sets and will be hoping to avenge his recent French Open final defeat by Alcaraz.
*Sinner 4-6, 3-2 Alcaraz
Quick work from Alcaraz there, applying pressure with his serve including an ace for the third point of the game.
He takes the point as Sinner attempts to return serve but scorches a forehand into the net. Alcaraz will need another break here at some point to flip this set. Sinner's serve here will be critical.
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To play devil’s advocate I always find it really annoying when somebody starts serving a tennis ball right as I open my bottle of Prosecco.
I’m with Matt on this. It’s day 14 and I think popping champagne open during a game is obnoxious behaviour. The crowd always giggles but it’s not great for the athletes, is it.
The popped corks on Centre Court are kind of annoying…
Can you not wait until the end of the game for the sip?!
Sinner 4-6, 3-1 Alcaraz*
Sinner might regret that point, he could have gone up 40-15 after he forced Alcaraz into a difficult position. He had the whole court to work with after aggressively moving forward but somehow managed to hit the net. Instead of this game being nearly over, after the competitors trade points, we reach deuce.
Sinner smashes a forehand to Alcaraz's right and all he can do is loft the ball out of play. Advantage to the Italian. He has game point but narrowly misses a backhand wide, truly giving it a solid effort. There’s then a brief interruption as a spectator is told off by the umpire for opening a champagne bottle right as Sinner was about to serve.
Alcaraz tries to double up on drop shots and Sinner is not having it, ripping a backhand to take back the advantage. He then crushes a serve directly at the body of Alcaraz, who returns it long.
Watching these two players think the game has been fun so far.
*Sinner 4-6, 2-1 Alcaraz
Alcaraz’s mobility, especially on the grass, is special to watch. He seems to have mastered the angles and strides necessary to hit ridiculous shots while sliding, making Sinner work with a full assortment of shot types.
He hit a few more sparklers in that game, notably an impressive drop shot that chased Sinner before capping off the game with a powerful serve that Sinner could merely tip.
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Sinner 4-6, 2-0 Alcaraz*
This is all we could have asked for in terms of shotmaking so far. Alcaraz covers a ton of ground before smacking a backhand past an approaching Sinner.
A few points later, Sinner has Alcaraz out of position but rips a backhand out of play. He was not thrilled with himself there. 40-30 Alcaraz. Sinner redeems himself moments later as his serve forces an errant shot from Alcaraz, 40-40.
After Sinner grabs the advantage, Alcaraz makes another uncharacteristic error to lose the game.
Every vantage point inside the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club is taken.
*Sinner 4-6, 1-0 Alcaraz
The second set starts with a double fault from Alcaraz and a forehand into the net by the Spaniard. 30-0 Sinner.
After a long rally, Alcaraz makes weak contact on a forehand and rolls the ball into the net. An ace staves off break point, 40-15.
Alcaraz hits a beautiful drop shot and Sinner slips again, 40-30.
Sinner finally gets his break though as Alcaraz rips a forehand just long.
My colleague Michael Charles will be with you for the second set. What a start to this final!
Scenes from the hill. As you can see it is tightly packed here.
For crowd safety, Wimbledon are operating a one in and one out policy. This means people like Lauren Ahern who went to the gift shop to buy tennis balls is now queuing up in the hope she will be allowed back onto the hill with her friend who is sat watching this match without her. Ahern camped overnight and was on the hill from half 10 this morning but has spent the past hour and a half queuing again.
💬 “It’s such a shame because it’s been a really nice day,” Ahern said. “They should ticket this from the beginning.”
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Sinner 4-6 Alcaraz*
Alcaraz is on the attack. At 0-15 he changes the momentum of a long exchange of groundstokes by wafting a spinny backhand towards Sinner, which dives low toward his feet. Sinner flicks it back which allows Alacraz to take the time to open up his body and slam a forehand across the court. He narrowly misses but it’s a statement of intent.
Sinner wins the next point and should really win the one after that, too, but he jumps forward to meet a flailing Alcaraz backhand and slams his forehand volley at the net long! That’s a missed opportunity.
It’s then Sinner’s time to slip on the dry grass, as he started off in pursuit of another Alcaraz drop shot from the baseline. Bad luck on the slip but it’s break point.
Alcaraz fails to convert the break point when he dumps a backhand into the net but a rare Sinner double fault presents him with a second set point.
AND HE TAKES IT. My word what a point. Where to even start. Sinner looked to be on the cusp of winning it when he punched a forehand into the corner of the court which a sliding Alcaraz only just returned. But the Italian then went back to that side of the court, allowing Alcaraz to smash a forehand of his own back the other way. Sinner sprinted across the court to fire a shot down the line but Alcaraz was equal to it, hitting a backhand winner to take the opening set.
Sinner* 4-5 Alcaraz
The first double fault of this match gets Sinner to 15-30. But what courage Alcaraz has. After his next first serve is called out, he goes big with his second despite the precariousness of his situation, aiming a perfectly-placed 105mph kick serve out wide. Sinner flails at it but his backhand return is low and into the net.
Alcaraz wins the next point to wrest back control of the game and then holds with a hellacious serve. It lands on the line and the white chalk explodes into the air.
Sinner 4-4 Alcaraz*
Alcaraz loses the first point of this game by blasting his forehand return long and, again, he looks over to his corner. Although this time a lot less triumphantly. He points to himself and then shakes his head upon receiving some kind of instruction or encouragement.
But whatever he was told might have worked. He wins the next point at the net and then comes out on top after an 18-point rally of almost exclusively thunderous baseline shots.
Sinner loses the next point with an unforced error and Alcaraz has two break points!
He only needs one. Sinner dumps a really poor backhand into the net and this opening set is back on serve!
First drop shot of the match comes from Sinner. Variety is the area where Alcaraz has the upper hand, but Sinner has been trying to close the gap. Sinner knows he'll likely have to play to his maximum level in that regard to win today.
Sinner* 4-3 Alcaraz
Whooooooosh. At 15-0 Sinner acrobatically slides into a monster forehand return which Alcaraz can only batter back beyond the baseline. The power the Italian can generate is outrageous. I wouldn’t want to be a tennis ball on Centre Court right about now.
But Alcaraz can bang, too. And at 30-15 he smashes an 83mph forehand winner beyond his rival. He enjoyed that and glances triumphantly over to his corner.
He then plays a pretty poor drop shot in truth, with precious little disguise. But Sinner sprints forward a little too eagerly and hits his backhand long.
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Sinner 4-2 Alcaraz*
Sinner has won 10 of the last 13 points to strike first in this final.
He’s serving incredibly well, too, and Alcaraz is having a job getting the ball back over the net at the moment.
Tell a lie. At 30-0, Alcaraz manages it twice in succession. He wins one point when Sinner sails a wild forehand wide and then wins the next point as well, despite again appearing to slip at the back of the court. Somebody get this man a new pair of shoes!
Perhaps Sinner has noticed his struggles because on the next point he plays a wonderful drop shot that forces Alcaraz to sprint forward. He gets there but can only dig the return directly at his opponent and Sinner wins by poking the ball back over the net. He then locates another big ace to hold and consolidate his break of serve.
Alcaraz has started to move his feet a little faster compared with the previous game. He was across the baseline to get into position earlier, which helped him catch up with the drop shot at 30-30.
Another brilliant Sinner backhand down the line knocks Alcaraz to the ground and helps the Italian to the early break. The way he's been serving, that could be the set.

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