Jannik Sinner (L) of Italy and Iga Swiatek of Poland pose with the Wimbledon men's singles and women's singles championship trophies respectively at the Champions Dinner in London, Britain, July 14, 2025. /VCG
Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner won their first singles titles at Wimbledon last week and as a result, got to attend the inaugural Champions Dinner to perform a celebratory dance on Monday.
Swiatek secured one of the most dominant victories in Grand Slam history by beating Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. 6-0, 6-0 in the women's singles final. It was the first match of such at the tournament in 114 years in which one player failed to claim a single game.
The victory brought Swiatek her first trophy at the All England Club and her sixth Grand Slam title while keeping her major finals record at six without loss.
"Well it does at times but I gotta say I have to get used to this idea," Swiatek said. "I never even dreamt of winning Wimbledon, as most of you know, I was called clay court specialist for most of the years of my career so winning on grass for sure feels just super special and it's a bit of a surprise for me as well so I'm going to for sure spend the next days enjoying it, celebrating it, and for sure I need some time to soak everything in."
Sinner's victory came in a much tougher way as he came back to defeat the defending champion, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the men's singles final. The Italian got revenge after losing to the same opponent in an epic French Open final in May. HGre also ended his five-match losing streak to Alcaraz.
"Yeah I nearly cried. Not cried, but nearly," Sinner said. "But no, I always say, Wimbledon is the tournament. There is a lot of history as we can see and already the walk on, it's very special, and winning there today was truly I believe the most special moment of my life in a tennis court and obviously off the court, the health and everything is much more important but today as my profession, it was amazing."
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