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After a whirlwind fortnight of tennis, Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner has gained his first Wimbledon title, beating his largest rival, Carlos Alcaraz. Proudly current on the wrist of the 23-year-old Italian, as all the time all through the event, was his Rolex Daytona “Sundust” in Everose gold ref. 126515LN. On the wrist of the 22-year-old Spaniard, the standout Rolex Daytona in yellow gold with the blue turquoise dial ref. 126518LN. It completes a triumphant weekend for Rolex that began with Polish star Iga Swiatek taking the ladies’s title in an important show of superiority in opposition to American Amanda Anisimova. After the match, the Polish participant wore her Rolex Datejust ref. 278274 with a stupendous brown dial and Roman numerals, finishing the Rolex double in model.
It’s been an important two weeks of tennis on the grass courts of the All England Garden Tennis Membership on Church Street in London. With a blistering males’s ultimate between Alcaraz and Sinner, this 12 months’s Wimbledon obtained an ideal ending to a spectacular event. Sinner confirmed nice willpower, ending up successful the match in 4 units. After the match, he proudly lifted the Gents’s Singles Trophy sporting his Everose Dayona “Sundust.” Each gamers have made the Rolex Daytona their watch of selection, as a result of Alcaraz wore his blue turquoise dial Daytona, which he additionally wore throughout Roland Garros. Including to the festivities was fellow Rolex ambassador Iga Swiatek’s spectacular run to the title, sporting her brown-dial Datejust the day earlier than. After this 12 months’s Wimbledon, there isn’t any denying that Rolex is the dominant watch model in tennis.
Wimbledon winner Jannik Sinner – Picture: AELTC
A tumultuous begin to Wimbledon 2025
The opening week of Wimbledon 2025 was nothing in need of tumultuous. The beginning of the event was a whirlwind of shocks, gorgeous runs, and big-name battles. The primary day alone was good for a record-breaking 23 seeded gamers to fall within the first spherical, together with eight prime‑10 gamers.
Carlos Alcaraz – Picture: AELTC/Joel Marklund
Because of that whirlwind begin, the event additionally misplaced a number of massive names tied to well-known watch manufacturers. From Coco Gauff and Zheng Qinwen (Rolex), to Jessica Pegula (De Bethune) on the ladies’s aspect and Alexander Zverev (Jacob & Co) to Holger Rune (Rolex) on the lads’s aspect, it was a wild trip.
Jannik Sinner – Picture: AELTC
On this wild storm, Sinner proved to be a gradual power on the lads’s aspect. He didn’t drop a set in his first three rounds, making him an immediate favourite for the title. However within the fourth spherical, he progressed as a consequence of an premature damage that compelled Grigor Dimitrov to retire.
Grigor Dimitrov – Picture: Reuters
Down two units and with no indicators of discovering the solutions to Dimitrov’s various recreation, it regarded just like the Daytona “Sundust” wouldn’t return for the on-court interview after the match.
Roger Federer sporting the Rolex Land-Dweller 40 – Picture: AELTC/Edward Whitaker
As a substitute, we might have seen Dimitrov’s Bianchet Grand Date Flying Tourbillon B1.618, which he truly wears whereas enjoying. However in a shocking flip of occasions that additionally shocked Roger Federer, who was current within the Royal Field sporting the 40mm Land-Dweller, Sinner progressed to the quarter-finals, the place he defeated fellow Rolex ambassador Ben Shelton.
Carlos Alcaraz – Picture: AELTC/Felix Diemer
Three Rolex ambassadors within the males’s semi-finals of Wimbledon
However, Alcaraz had a tricky time getting previous one of the outstanding characters of the sport, Italian Fabio Fognini, within the first spherical. However after overcoming the problem of successful in opposition to the Italian — who introduced his retirement not lengthy after — Alcaraz displayed spectacular type, particularly in his fourth-round match in opposition to Andrey Rublev.
Taylor Fritz – Picture: AELTC/Bob Martin
He cruised previous Brit Cam Norrie within the fourth spherical in three units to finish up in opposition to fellow Rolex ambassador Tyler Fritz. The American wore his trusted two-tone white dial Daytona throughout Wimbledon, which he virtually all the time does.
Carlos Alcaraz – Picture: AELTC/Wimbledon
With three Rolex athletes within the semi-finals and Novak Djokovic as a Hublot ambassador because the fourth participant, we knew that a minimum of one Rolex Daytona would make it to the finals. As soon as the mud settled on the grass courts after the semi-finals, it was clear that the 2 greatest gamers on the earth would face one another once more in one other Grand Slam ultimate.
Jannik Sinner – Picture: AELTC/Wimbledon
After the epic battle in Paris, that is the ultimate that tennis followers hoped for. The ultimate ended with a primary Wimbledon title for Sinner. He regarded the higher and extra decided participant from the beginning. After Alcaraz took the primary set after being down a break, Sinner took management within the second set, and he broke Alcaraz in each set, serving it out within the fourth. After taking it in for a second, we witnessed this signature second that we watch followers liked a lot after seeing Federer win. A fast seize within the tennis bag to place the Daytona of selection on the wrist earlier than lifting the trophy.
Iga Swiatek – Picture: AP Photograph/Kin Cheung
Swiatek wins Wimbledon for the primary time
On the ladies’s aspect, Polish former world primary Iga Swiatek dominated the event. Swiatek is on her method again to the highest of the rankings and gained the title in spectacular type. On her option to victory, she misplaced just one set. In her second-round match, she misplaced the opening set to American CatyMcNally however rapidly corrected that by successful the next two units simply.
Belinda Bencic – Picture: AELTC/Joel Marklund
Within the semi-finals, she confronted fellow Rolex athlete Belinda Bencic, who beat 18-year-old Rolex newcomer Mirra Andreeva within the quarter-finals. The Swiss participant had a incredible event. She may very well be seen sporting her Everose gold Rolex Girl-Datejust on a President bracelet ref. 279175 after the matches, throughout the on-court interviews, and the press conferences. However she didn’t stand an opportunity in opposition to a superior Swiatek.
Iga Swiatek – Picture: AELTC/Joel Marklund
The Genevan model additionally dominated the women’ event
Within the different semi-finals, American Amanda Anisimova upset world no.1 and Audemars Piguet ambassador Aryna Sabalenka in an epic, virtually three-hour battle on centre court docket. Sadly, Anisimova couldn’t make the ultimate the thrilling battle that many individuals hoped for. It resulted in a simple, however much-deserved win for the Polish star who gained her first Wimbledon title.
Picture: AELTC/Kieran Cleeves
Swiatek couldn’t fairly discover her footing on the grass courts in London for a very long time, however that each one modified this 12 months. After the match, she may very well be seen getting a heat hug from former professional tennis participant Arnaud Boetsch, who’s now Rolex’s Director of Communication & Picture. He might be seen as the good architect behind Rolex’s domination in tennis. The model is actually in every single place throughout Wimbledon. From the wrists of the gamers to the scoreboards on each court docket and the wrists of the various celebrities: Rolex is king on the courts and within the stands of Wimbledon.
Wimbledon Centre Courtroom – AELTC/Joe Toth
Two years in the past, I wrote an article teasingly asking what Rolex’s future in tennis could be with out Roger Federer. Not solely is Federer nonetheless very a lot current, however the model has additionally proven that it’s larger in tennis than ever. The most effective proof comes from the winners on this 12 months’s males’s and girls’s singles tournaments at Wimbledon. This 12 months’s event made for an important two weeks of tennis, leaving us eagerly anticipating what is going to come subsequent 12 months.
