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In one other show of chic tennis, the 21-year-old Carlos Alcaraz captures his fourth Grand Slam after demolishing the record-seeking Novak Djokovic within the Wimbledon finale
LONDON, UK – Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz produced an completely ruthless efficiency to dismantle Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4), in a rematch of final yr’s Wimbledon ultimate to efficiently defend his title on Sunday, July 14.
Alcaraz now has 4 Grand Slam trophies with an ideal report in main finals, after his two Wimbledon triumphs, his US Open victory in 2022, and his French Open win final month.
Defeat denied Djokovic a twenty fifth Grand Slam title to surpass Margaret Courtroom within the all-time checklist and in addition equal Swiss Roger Federer’s haul of eight males’s singles titles at Wimbledon.
“It’s a dream for me, profitable this trophy,” stated Alcaraz, who grew to become the ninth man to retain his Wimbledon title within the skilled period.
“In an interview after I was 11 or 12 I stated my dream was to win Wimbledon, so I’m replaying my dream. I wish to hold going but it surely’s an incredible feeling to play on this stunning court docket and to raise this wonderful trophy.
“That is essentially the most stunning event, most stunning court docket, and most stunning trophy.”
Victory made him the sixth man within the skilled period to assert the Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles in the identical yr, becoming a member of Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Rafa Nadal, Federer, and Djokovic.
“It’s an enormous honor for me to be a part of these gamers who’ve achieved Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the identical yr. They’re enormous champions,” Alcaraz stated.
“I don’t take into account myself as a champion but, not like them, however I’ll hold going to construct my path, my journey.”
Astounding Alcaraz 🤩
The Spaniard defends his #Wimbledon title with a surprising straight units victory over Novak Djokovic, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4) 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/bEbT9HwMZh
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 14, 2024
Alcaraz pounced on his fifth break level in a good first sport that lasted 14 minutes as Djokovic’s normally impenetrable protection was breached early on a sunlit Centre Courtroom.
The 21-year-old third seed dropped the hammer from there and powered by the primary set on the again of some stable serving, leaving Djokovic with a mountain to climb.
Second seed Djokovic got here beneath extra strain at the beginning of the subsequent set as Alcaraz bullied the 37-year-old within the early exchanges to interrupt and capitalized on his service woes for an imposing two-set lead.
Djokovic and Alcaraz went toe-to-toe till 4-4 within the third set earlier than the Spaniard broke with an enormous backhand winner to take a 5-4 lead, because the Centre Courtroom crowd sensed an early end.
Nevertheless, regardless of racing to 40-0 with some chic tennis, he squandered three match factors and dropped function followers rose to their ft to egg Djokovic on.
There was to be no comeback, nevertheless, as Alcaraz tamed his nerves to clinch victory within the tiebreak round 20 minutes later when Djokovic crashed a return into the web.
An outrageous rally and sliding Alcaraz end 😮💨
This level needed to be in the present day’s Play of the Day, offered by @BarclaysUK#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/5TK6siGB60
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 14, 2024
“Clearly it’s not the end result I wished and particularly within the first couple of units, the extent of tennis wasn’t as much as par from my aspect,” Djokovic stated.
“However credit score to Carlos for taking part in some full tennis. From the again of the court docket, on serve, he had all of it in the present day. I attempted to push him and saved the three match factors, prolonged the match a bit of bit, but it surely wasn’t meant to be actually.
“He was a completely deserved winner in the present day. Congratulations to him for wonderful tennis.” – Rappler.com
