Wimbledon, Sinner and Alcaraz
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Wimbledon started like it does every year, with 64 seeds across the men’s and women’s singles draw. As the third round begins, just 27 remain — 14 women and 13 men. It’s the fewest at a Grand Slam since the 32-seed format was first adopted in 2001.
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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are meeting to decide the Wimbledon championship just five weeks after they played each other in an epic French Open final.
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Andy Schooler previews Sunday’s Wimbledon men’s singles final between world number one Jannik Sinner and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.