2026 Wimbledon Men's Final: Sinner v Zverev

[the AntiPusher]

Agree, lets see how Zed performs on the HC, he has to be aggressive, like on grass

This aint OVER.. I dont think the HC is just gonna go the way it went the past few years.. we shall see.. I am glad that the Novak thing has pretty much been solved.. I still cant believe FAA stayed in those ridiculous cc bh exchanges with Novak. again Congrats to Sinner and his voodoo doll welding fanatic MM

 

[El Dude]

Well, Jannik and his fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Zverev should feel proud - he's signaled that he's not just a pushover in Slam finals, and the well-deserved third best player on tour.

Jannik heads into the USO as the clear favorite.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well, Jannik and his fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Zverev should feel proud - he's signaled that he's not just a pushover in Slam finals, and the well-deserved third best player on tour.

Jannik heads into the USO as the clear favorite.

I wasnt worried at all, I knew when Jannik found his return game, and could make inroads on Zeds serve like he did in the 2nd set and onwards and found his ground game better which he did he would win, off the ground Sinner is better than Zed and also defends better
To me defending your title is harder than winning it and his serve again was on 'song' when he needed it, Zed had to play aggressive or it would be all over Red Rover in 3 sets, which to me is out of his comfort zone
Jannik goes into his favorite time of the year hard courts

 

[Fiero425]

Well, Jannik and his fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Zverev should feel proud - he's signaled that he's not just a pushover in Slam finals, and the well-deserved third best player on tour.

Jannik heads into the USO as the clear favorite.

I'm betting he overplays again & is then upset! Sinner can be the favorite all he likes! We've seen over 2/3 Majors this season, that he can lose!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

This aint OVER.. I dont think the HC is just gonna go the way it went the past few years.. we shall see.. I am glad that the Novak thing has pretty much been solved.. I still cant believe FAA stayed in those ridiculous cc bh exchanges with Novak. again Congrats to Sinner and his voodoo doll welding fanatic MM

Please my doll has its limits LOL Jannik deserved his win, and defending his title is harder than winning it
Novak who?
Just spoke to David he is delighted with Janniks win BTW

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Darren Cahill will be with Jannik till the end of 2026 season, last season 2025, was suppose to be his last and changed his mind
Darren Cahill said he will get through to the end of the year and sit down as a team and talk what is best for Jannik
I felt for Janniks mum she left the CC a couple of times in Janniks match, hate to be a parent watching live their children at such an important match, anyway it turned out fine for Janniks mum in the end

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

BTW
Jannik is the first man to go 5 sets in the first round of a slam final and go onto win the title since Nadal at RG in 2011 ( btw I was there live at RG when Nadal was taken 5 sets by John Isner, and I also survived ...................

 

[El Dude]

One thing to consider going forward: Jannik needs one more Masters title to tie Novak for the most in a year (six), and two more to pass him. He's still won every Masters so far this year....crazy. I highly doubt he'll go after all nine, as I suspect he'll skip Canada and/or Paris. But you never know.

It is sort of like a no-hitter in baseball. After five innings, you take note and go "Hmm." After six, it becomes a serious possibility because you're two-thirds of the way there. So let's see about Canada.

Edit: Also, big titles in a season:

10: Djokovic (2015)
9: McEnroe (1984)
8: Federer (2006), Djokovic (2011)
7: Lendl (1986), Federer (2004), Nadal (2013)
6: Laver x2, Sampras x2, Federer x2, Nadal x2, Djokovic x3, Sinner x2, Murray

Meaning, Jannik needs to win one of the six remaining big tournaments to join Novak, Mac, Fed, Lendl and Nadal as the only players to win 7 or more in a year.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Please my doll has its limits LOL Jannik deserved his win, and defending his title is harder than winning it
Novak who?
Just spoke to David he is delighted with Janniks win BTW

So let me get this straight.. For You is Jannik is you primary.. if gets defeated its Carlos.. then any of those Italian guys.. then the Aussies.. next maybe a few Americans.. David likes anything but Novax.. jajajaja.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

So let me get this straight.. For You is Jannik is you primary.. if gets defeated its Carlos.. then any of those Italian guys.. then the Aussies.. next maybe a few Americans.. David likes anything but Novax.. jajajaja.

LOL! our friend David and his Novax comments gives me fits all the time
I am Italian of course I will put Jannik first, my other fav of course is Carlos gosh he is the complete player and I was live at the AO this year when he won his career slam, the other players can get lost, kind of, except my fav youngster Fonseca
Zed I cant stand period and Shelton has to be The Most Annoying Player in the ATP MEH!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

One thing to consider going forward: Jannik needs one more Masters title to tie Novak for the most in a year (six), and two more to pass him. He's still won every Masters so far this year....crazy. I highly doubt he'll go after all nine, as I suspect he'll skip Canada and/or Paris. But you never know.

It is sort of like a no-hitter in baseball. After five innings, you take note and go "Hmm." After six, it becomes a serious possibility because you're two-thirds of the way there. So let's see about Canada.

Edit: Also, big titles in a season:

10: Djokovic (2015)
9: McEnroe (1984)
8: Federer (2006), Djokovic (2011)
7: Lendl (1986), Federer (2004), Nadal (2013)
6: Laver x2, Sampras x2, Federer x2, Nadal x2, Djokovic x3, Sinner x2, Murray

Meaning, Jannik needs to win one of the six remaining big tournaments to join Novak, Mac, Fed, Lendl and Nadal as the only players to win 7 or more in a year.

I know you would like Jannik to go for the 9 Masters, he has confirmed he will play Monteral, you said it was the Tennis Nerd in you
Quite frankly I dont want him to try for it, to I would like him to miss Cincy, to ,me he should have skipped Madrid this year, he needed a break, I hope he and his team dont push for it, let him concentrate on the USO title

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

My Dear Mrzz
I will kindly switch your Zed Tee Shirt for a Sinner is a Winner Tee shirt......let me know in advance and I will express post it to you
Love your Mrzz you always keep me honest in ways

 

[the AntiPusher]

LOL! our friend David and his Novax comments gives me fits all the time
I am Italian of course I will put Jannik first, my other fav of course is Carlos gosh he is the complete player and I was live at the AO this year when he won his career slam, the other players can get lost, kind of, except my fav youngster Fonseca
Zed I cant stand period and Shelton has to be The Most Annoying Player in the ATP MEH!

I dont think you a fond of Felix as much as you like Fritz and Tiafoe.

 

[El Dude]

I know you would like Jannik to go for the 9 Masters, he has confirmed he will play Monteral, you said it was the Tennis Nerd in you
Quite frankly I dont want him to try for it, to I would like him to miss Cincy, to ,me he should have skipped Madrid this year, he needed a break, I hope he and his team dont push for it, let him concentrate on the USO title

Winning all nine Masters would be one of the most impressive accomplishments in tennis history. Winning a second Slam this year, and his sixth overall, is more garden variety greatness.

Now obviously it isn't either/or. There are only six remaining and would bring him up to 15 tournaments on the year - hardly a crazy schedule. Given that skipping Montreal was probably more likely than Cincy, it sounds like he plans to play both and then the USO. If he wins all three, or goes deep in all three, he can skip Beijing and/or Vienna to bring his matches down a bit, and go for Shanghai and Paris. But there's no reason he can't play the remaining six big events.

 

[Fiero425]

One thing to consider going forward: Jannik needs one more Masters title to tie Novak for the most in a year (six), and two more to pass him. He's still won every Masters so far this year....crazy. I highly doubt he'll go after all nine, as I suspect he'll skip Canada and/or Paris. But you never know.

It is sort of like a no-hitter in baseball. After five innings, you take note and go "Hmm." After six, it becomes a serious possibility because you're two-thirds of the way there. So let's see about Canada.

Edit: Also, big titles in a season:

10: Djokovic (2015)
9: McEnroe (1984)
8: Federer (2006), Djokovic (2011)
7: Lendl (1986), Federer (2004), Nadal (2013)
6: Laver x2, Sampras x2, Federer x2, Nadal x2, Djokovic x3, Sinner x2, Murray

Meaning, Jannik needs to win one of the six remaining big tournaments to join Novak, Mac, Fed, Lendl and Nadal as the only players to win 7 or more in a year.

That's what I'm talking about! It's not enuf Sinner is compared to Novak, he wants to outdo his records! It might just cost him! Heaven knows it did for Novak the following season in 2016! After the FO, he was a mere shell of himself even making the USO Final! Sinner has already shown he can be exhausted physically & mentally by both "made to work hard" or dealing w/ severe heat! He has many chances to tie & overtake Novak for the Masters single season rec., but after earning it, prepare for out of the ordinary results; esp. going into the YEC IMO!

 

[El Dude]

I haven't yet seen levels of rabid fandom like in the Fedal era...I think many people (myself, included) are more tepid about our new favorites. I know for myself, I haven't quite fallen in love with any player in the post-Federer world - at least not like I did with Roger.

I do tend to lean more Jannik than Carlos, which is weird because I like Carlos's game more. I just like Jannik's temperament, I guess. Dear old Moxie tried to get into a Sincaraz dynamic with me, like in the Fedal days, but I mostly abjured.

Way back in the day when he was coming up, I liked Rublev but grew weary of his antics. And then it was FAA...but he annoyed (annoys) me for different reasons. Still, I do still like him.

Fonzie is probably the closest thing I have to a new favorite as I'm probably more attached to his results than any other player at this point. But I'm still taking gentleman callers...

 

[the AntiPusher]

Winning all nine Masters would be one of the most impressive accomplishments in tennis history. Winning a second Slam this year, and his sixth overall, is more garden variety greatness.

Now obviously it isn't either/or. There are only six remaining and would bring him up to 15 tournaments on the year - hardly a crazy schedule. Given that skipping Montreal was probably more likely than Cincy, it sounds like he plans to play both and then the USO. If he wins all three, or goes deep in all three, he can skip Beijing and/or Vienna to bring his matches down a bit, and go for Shanghai and Paris. But there's no reason he can't play the remaining six big events.

Sinner would be crazy to take on a schedule like that. Ask Sir Andy Murray who destroyed his hips chasing Nole for #1.. Sinner has zero threats to dethone him from the top ranking

 

[Fiero425]

I don't think you a fond of Felix as much as you like Fritz and Tiafoe.

I still SMH thinking of these players being in the top 10, much less FAA as the #3 seed at Wimbledon! They have their moments, but all of these players have erratic results over several yrs. of seeing them compete! It's going to turn into what we see w/ the ladies if anything happens to Carlos or Jannik different winners at all the Majors & Masters events!

 

[El Dude]

Sinner would be crazy to take on a schedule like that. Ask Sir Andy Murray who destroyed his hips chasing Nole for #1.. Sinner has zero threats to dethone him from the top ranking

It isn't quite the same, though. Andy overplayed mostly by playing--and winning--two ATP 500s after the USO. That's 10 extra matches that he played over what I'm suggesting should be Jannik's max.

Meaning, in a normal year, After Wimbledon, Andy played (and won) the Olympics, skipped Canada but played Cincy, then the USO. But then he played and won two ATP 500s and two Masters before the Tour Finals.

Or we can look at Jannik's schedule post-Wimbledon the last two years, with number of matches played through Wimbledon:

2024 (45): Can (QF), Cincy (W), USO (W), Beijing (F), Shanghai (W), Tour Finals (W), Davis Cup (3 matches). That's 34 matches after WImbledon, or 79 on the year.

2025 (29): Cincy (F), USO (F), Beijing (W), Shanghai (R32), Vienna (W), Paris (W), Tour Finals (W). That's 35 matches after Wimbledon, or 64 on the year - and that's due to missing a bunch of time early on due to his ban.

So far he's played in 47 matches this year, just a bit ahead of 2024's pace. That year he still played both NA Masters, the USO, an ATP 500 "warm-up" to Shanghai, then skipped Paris before the Tour Finals.

What I'm suggesting is that he could still play the seven remaining big events and not overplay - if he doesn't add in ATP 500s. That would be a max of 34 matches if he won all seven, or 81 matches on the year. Just 2 more than 2024.

Oh, Andy played 89 matches in 2016. But I suspect his play that hear just hastened the inevitable...his injury was probably due to years of his grinding style.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Winning all nine Masters would be one of the most impressive accomplishments in tennis history. Winning a second Slam this year, and his sixth overall, is more garden variety greatness.

Now obviously it isn't either/or. There are only six remaining and would bring him up to 15 tournaments on the year - hardly a crazy schedule. Given that skipping Montreal was probably more likely than Cincy, it sounds like he plans to play both and then the USO. If he wins all three, or goes deep in all three, he can skip Beijing and/or Vienna to bring his matches down a bit, and go for Shanghai and Paris. But there's no reason he can't play the remaining six big events.

Quite frankly I wish would skip Cincy this year, he has already confirmed for Monteral, I just dont want him over playing like in the clay swing