India, July 13 -- A fortnight into the Wimbledon Championships, the fabled grass of Centre Court had withered away. What was left was a faint reminder of what the pristine green would have looked like, and a baseline that now resembled a dustbowl.

Indeed, there was a lot of dust flying on a sunny yet windy Sunday evening in London. That suited Jannik Sinner just fine.

The 24-year-old Italian was the defending champion, but he came to the tournament without playing a single grass court event. What he carried with him was the experience of 18 wins on clay courts this year.

And in the men's singles final against second seed Alexander Zverev, Sinner slipped and slid his way to a fifth Grand Slam title.

This was his second triumph at Wimbl...