Confident Zverev faces ultimate test against Sinner in Wimbledon final

Alexander Zverev will hope the old adage about London buses -- you wait an age for ​one and then two come along at once -- holds true for his tennis career on Sunday as he attempts to upset the odds ‌and dethrone Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon final.

It will be a daunting challenge for the newly-crowned French Open champion though as his reward for reaching his first Wimbledon final is a clash with the Italian who has beaten him nine times in a row including winning the last 14 sets.

On the positive side though for Zverev -- the first German to reach the men's final at Wimbledon since Boris ​Becker in 1995 -- is that he suddenly seems to be walking taller, which is saying something for a man standing at 6 feet 6 inches.

Zverev ​seized his chance at Roland Garros after a wrist injury ruled out 2025 champion Carlos Alcaraz and Sinner suffered a meltdown ⁠in a Parisian furnace in the second round.

The world number three went on to win a nervy final against Italian Flavio Cobolli, thus ending the Alcaraz-Sinner duopoly which ​had seen them share out the previous nine Grand Slam titles.

Wimbledon has never been a happy hunting ground for Zverev, despite his lethal serve and signature backhand, but the ​good vibes from Paris have followed him across the Channel and he appears finally to have cracked the grasscourt code.

His second-week wins over dangerous Czech Jiri Lehecka, big-serving American Taylor Fritz and then British wildcard Arthur Fery in the semi-final, smack of a player oozing confidence.

"Once you win a major you know how to do it and you feel like you can do it again. You ​have this feeling inside of you," Zverev told reporters as he looked ahead to the final.

-Reuters