Flavio Cobolli stuns Alex de Minaur at Wimbledon, celebrates with Ronaldo-style “SIUU”

On his first match point, Flavio Cobolli stepped up and unleashed a 135 mph first serve down the T that landed on the line and sent a puff of chalk into the air on No. 1 Court at Wimbledon. Fifth-seeded opponent Alex de Minaur could barely touch the serve and the Australian's weak return didn't even go past his own service line. Cobolli reacted by leaping into the air and pumping his fist. He launched a ball into the crowd before moving forward to shake hands with De Minaur. Then the Italian moved on to the performance he'd been waiting for. Cobolli put his racket down and went back out into the center of the court and launched himself into the most iconic celebration in soccer: twirling in mid-air like Cristiano Ronaldo, he then landed on the grass with his feet planted wide and jerked his arms down by his side. The mostly English crowd knew just what was going on and shouted "Siuuu" along with Cobolli. "I love his celebration. I love him," said Cobolli, who was once a promising

Italy's Flavio Cobolli reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for a second successive year, defeating Australian fifth seed Alex De Minaur 7-5, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 and pulled off a Cristiano Ronaldo celebration.

Flavio Cobolli hit the iconic 'SIUU' celebration after clinching a win over Alex de Minar in the Wimbledon Round of 16 clash on Monday. The Italian sealed a straight sets victory and created Cristiano Ronaldo's iconic pose to celebrate another landmark win of his career. Cobolli later admitted that he was happy to seal the win quickly and be able to watch the Spain vs Portugal game later. “There is the World Cup, and I want to see Spain and Portugal. I hope that I can go early to the house, but first we have to find one. Because actually, we don’t have a house,” he said after the match.SIUUUUUUUU#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/e8Dg8orKwc— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) July 6, 2026 Flavio Cobolli continued his impressive Wimbledon run by defeating Alex de Minaur 7-5, 7-6(4), 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals for the second straight year. The 24-year-old became only the third Italian man after Nicola Pietrangeli and Jannik Sinner to make multiple Wimbledon quarterfinals, producing a composed display against the Australian in two hours and 34 minutes.Cobolli, who reached his first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros earlier this year, will next face Grigor Dimitrov or Arthur Fery for a place in the semifinals. Despite trailing by a break in both the second and third sets, the World No. 10 fought back with aggressive shot-making and sharp angles before admitting he was pleased to finish quickly so he could conserve energy—and catch the FIFA World Cup match later in the evening.Bengaluru's Puneeth Manohar And Srishti Kiran Set For Historic U-14 Wimbledon Debuts At All England ClubCristiano Ronaldo will be in action as his Portugal side face a winner takes all clash against Iberian rivals Spain. Ronaldo had famously scored a hat-trick against Spain the last time these two teams met in a FIFA World Cup clash and the 41-year-old will hope to repeat some of the heroics on Monday.