Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner faced each other at Wimbledon after recently competing in the French Open, where Alcaraz emerged victorious. Their match represented a continuation of tennis excellence, stepping into the legacy of past champions with 69 Grand Slam titles between them. The crowd expected a historic match that would rival their previous encounter. Initially, the play was steady but not outstanding, until a remarkable series of shots late in the first set elevated the competition's level significantly.
It is not enough to win; you have to keep winning. It is not even enough to be the greatest of all time; someone new is coming.
Centre Court, at Wimbledon, is a monument to tradition, to repetition. When Sinner and Alcaraz walked onto the grass, they stepped in and out of the shadows of the four men who had preceded them.
The crowd wanted, and expected, nothing less than history: a match for the ages, a match that would measure up to the one that had happened only a month before.
For much of the first set, the play was at a high level but not particularly special. But then, at the end of the set, there it was: an unimaginable series of shots.
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