There was a touch of irony as Italy’s Jannik Sinner and Poland’s Iga Swiatek won the men’s and women’s singles titles at Wimbledon, the second of the four Majors of the year.

Both the champions returned to the circuit after recent bans for doping, and while some, like Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, said it was a bad look for tennis, their supporters will see their triumphs as something of a redemption song.

There was added redemption for Sinner, who tumbled to defeats at the hands of Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz at Paris five weeks ago after squandering three championship points in the fourth set. That match was one of the longest and most enthralling in men’s tennis........

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