The dust is still settling after another memorable fortnight at Wimbledon. The championships concluded with Jannik Sinner retaining his singles title against Alexander Zverev on Sunday.
The Italian ace claimed the fifth Grand Slam title of his career as he defeated Zverev in four sets. The world No.1 was pushed to his limits early on as the first two sets went to tiebreaks before Sinner showed his quality on Centre Court to clinch victory at SW19. His opponent, Zverev, reached the final after overcoming a new fan favourite in Arthur Fery in the previous round. The British wildcard captured imaginations at Wimbledon and is set to enter the next phase of his promising career. Here, Express Sport takes a look at some of the biggest tennis headlines.
Arthur Fery speaks out about fame
Fery entered Wimbledon as a relative unknown, ranked 114th, but has quickly become a household name. The 24-year-old claimed notable victories over Grigor Dimitrov and Flavio Cobolli and is aware that he will be under a different type of scrutiny following his Wimbledon heroics.
Fery is now ranked 36th in the world and is set to enter the US Open later this year. Back in 2021, the New York major was the scene of Emma Raducanu’s unforgettable triumph and Fery can identify with the feeling of dealing with newfound fame just asd his British compatriot did.
“Yes, even already a little bit during the tournament I was thinking of life after and how I was going to handle all that because we’ve seen it with people who’ve broken through in that manner before,” Fery told Sky News. “With Emma, obviously, Emma won a Slam and I didn’t but there was still a lot of media attention.
“It is going to be really important to handle that – the expectation from myself and also the public.”
On his new ranking, Fery added: “It means I can play the top players week in, week out and compare myself to them and keep working on my tennis. I am going to have to get accustomed to the full life of tour with more media attention and all of that but I think I’m ready for it.”
Wimbledon star loses £1.6m prize money
Jannik Sinner celebrated becoming a two-time Wimbledon champion but immediately lost almost half of his prize money. As a singles champion, Sinnner received the £3.6million top prize.
Unfortunately for the world No.1, he was required to hand over £1.62m of that eye-watering sum in taxes. The highest nominal income tax rate in the UK is 45 per cent and applies to earnings exceeding £125,140 in a single tax year, which Sinner’s Wimbledon riches far surpass.
Tennis players can deduct business expenses, such as travel and coaching fees, to reduce their tax bill. However, Sinner is accustomed to earning huge sums of money, with the ATP stating that he has won £5.1m in prize money so far this year, bringing his career total to £48.2m.