What If The Strongest Man Never Yells? Jannik Sinner Wins Wimbledon Without a Roar
Jannik Sinner became Wimbledon champion without a scream, without a dive, without a crack in his calm. Like his game, his celebrations are also without any grunts
On sun-soaked Sunday afternoon in London, under the watchful stillness of Centre Court filled with celebrities from across the globe including some from Tennis, namely Agassi, the red-haired kid from South Tyrol, who is also better known for his weird affection for carrots and an unnervingly calm presence made history against two-times Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Jannik Sinner, 23, world No. 1, became the first Italian man to ever win Wimbledon. A moment decades in the making, born in a country where football is religion, pasta is politics, and tennis was a second-string sport. And yet, with the win, the celebration has also caught attention.
The win was not a tear-soaked, arms-to-the-sky Hollywood moment. When the final shot landed, the crowd rose, ready for some kinetic explosion. A primal scream. A Federer-style grass dive. A wild dance. Instead, they got hands going out all thrilled and three quiet pats on the court. Not aggressive. Not triumphant. More like an acknowledgment — as if Sinner was thanking the surface itself for holding him up. Or congratulating it on a job well done.
The grand slam holder didn’t roar or fall to his knees. He just... walked to the player box, to his team, to his parents. Then, thanked Carlos Alcaraz and his team for pushing him. Hugged the people who built him. Smiled. Took the pictures. Signed the autographs. Lifted the trophy. Left. That was it.
Was he overwhelmed? Was it too surreal? Was this the calm before the tears? Or was the kid just that dialled in — too focused on the bigger picture to get swept up in this one?
For all the sports that thrive on drama — footballers ripping off shirts, cricketers dogpiling in dust, Djokovic sharing primal howls with his son — this was different. Sinner didn’t perform anyone these. Rather he was contained. His version of victory looked like someone checking off a to-do list.
Sinner has made a mark in the world of tennis as a player who remains calm under most extreme pressure. Almost feels like he is unfazed by it all. You don’t see Jannik smashing rackets. You don’t hear him grunt. You won’t find him barking at line judges or spiraling after a bad call.
Even the game’s master tacticians are paying attention. Paul Annacone who’s stood behind the likes of Federer and Sampras said it best. “The one thing that hasn’t changed since I met Jannik four years ago is his disposition,” he remarked. “Emotionally, he’s incredibly stable,” he said during a video interview.
And it really shows. Whether he’s down two sets or serving for a Slam, Sinner’s heartbeat seems unchanged. Moreover, ask anyone in tennis and they’ll tell you tht matches are won on the mind more than the racket. And nobody is more mentally bulletproof right now than Sinner. Not even his rivals — not even Alcaraz — know what’s behind the eyes. He could be running the math on the next five points or thinking about lunch. You’ll never know.
Still, Wimbledon felt like a shift. A changing of temperature. The Spaniard didn’t make it , and when Sinner stood alone with the trophy, something in the air cooled. A new champion had arrived not with fireworks, but frost.
The icy fire and the temperament that the 23-year old Wimbledon champion shows speaks volume of a mentality a lot of men often seek out for-disciplined, self-contained and ruthlessly process-driven. He has always maintained that tennis is a mental sport. His mindset is you show up, you do the work, aim for the results and don’t complain. So, we never see him smashing his rackets out of fits of anger, swearing, even grunting for that matter.
At 23, Jannik Sinner is not only the best player in the world. He’s a generational athlete reshaping how success is expressed —and maybe even how masculinity is performed. His Wimbledon title is his second major in under 18 months, following a breakthrough win at the 2024 Australian Open.
Since then, he’s become the sport’s most consistent force: cool under pressure, calculating on court, and increasingly visible off it; though not in the ways we’re perhaps used to. And with his latest and first ever Wimbledon win, we can expect to see more of him and learn about his mental game.