Wimbledon tradition dictates that the winner returns the trophy before the tournament and that he is the one to start the event. Jannik will make his debut on Monday at Centrale and in the meantime he trains with Djokovic today
The Wimbledon tournament has strict rules and traditions. Among others, the last winner returns the cup won the previous year and begins the event with the first match against Centrale. Honors and burdens that for the first time in the history of the most important grass tournament in the world fall to an Italian. Obviously Jannik Sinner, the winner of the last edition and the first Italian to enter his name in the palmares of the London event. The blue has started to deal with the Wimbledon protocol. In a video released by the tournament he is in the car with the cup won last year. Meanwhile today Jannik will train with Nole Djokovic on court 1 Wimbledon from 2.30pm to 3.15pm: this is the first contact on the pitch between the two players after the semi-final won by the SerbianAustralian Open at the beginning of the season.
The copy of the cup
In reality the cup returned by Sinner is only a copy of the trophy, about three-quarters of the original size and with the names of all the winners engraved. A tradition that has lasted for 140 years. The Wimbledon tradition in fact provides that the winner keeps the cup for only a few minutes after the success. And that’s what happened last year after Jannik’s victory in the fifth set against Carlos Alcaraz. On the other hand, by winning, Sinner is guaranteed a series of privileges for becoming a member of the All England Club. After the 2025 victory, Sinner received lifetime tickets on the Centrale and a room
