The best ranked in the ATP rankings will fight this Sunday for the London tournament trophy. The Serb also has the chance to extend his record of Grand Slam titles.
This Friday, the tennis players who will play in the grand final of Wimbledon which will take place this Sunday have been defined. The number one of the ATP ranking Carlos Alcaraz and his closest disciple, Novak Djokovic (2nd) will find themselves in the definition of the Grand Slam which is played on grass .
The first to enter the court on this semi-final day was the Serb, who qualified for his 35th Grand Slam final, the ninth at Wimbledon, after clearly beating the Italian Jannik Sinner in three sets of 6-3, 6-4 and 7-(4) .
This way, the Balkan will have the chance to extend his legend if he manages to clinch his best number 24 a month after managing to overtake Rafael Nadal’s 22 at Roland Garros.
Nole’s dominance over Sinner was clear from start to finish despite the Italian threatening to complicate matters, as the 21-year-old tennis player won with solvency in the semi-finals, dropping just two sets along the way.
Moreover, with this Djokovic exceeded another mark. He became the third player over 36 to reach the Open Era third major final (1968) . Before him was Ken Rosewall (39 years and 246 days) and Roger Federer (37 years and 340 days).
On the other side, Carlos Alcaraz was able to count the Russian Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals by a triple 6-3 after one hour and 52 minutes of play .
The records showed the good passage of the Spaniards on the surface. In the current grass circuit, the 20-year-old tennis player recorded a record of 10-0 on this surface in the year, which included the Queen’s Club ATP 500 title last month .
New fight for number 1
In addition to the title, the duel between Djokovic and Alcaraz will bring a particular ingredient: the dispute of the number 1 of the classification. Whoever wins this definition will appear first in the list of tennis players on Monday .
By the way, it will be an unprecedented duel on this surface. The Serb and the Spaniard already have two clashes. The first of this happened during the Masters 1000 in Madrid. The local tennis player won the semi-finals of the tournament played on clay by 6(5)-7, 7-5 and 7-6(5).
The most recent was in the semi-finals of Roland Garros, Of course, here the winner was the Balkan 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 and 6-1. Of course here The Hispanic saw his physical condition diminished by an injury in the third set who forced him to slow down .
“I admit that at the end of the second set I was physically very fair. The last thing you want at this level is cramping. I am very sorry for him. He’s an incredible competitor and a great person. He deserves all the applause. I congratulate him for not having given up until the end, ”commented Djokovic after the said meeting.
From now on, the grass will uneven the face to face, a surface in which Alcaraz has already recognized a certain advantage of the Balkans . He did so as a preview of the Queen’s tournament in reference to this budding rivalry.
“I think I can win every tournament I play. He, along with Federer, is one of the best to ever step onto a grass pitch, so it will be tough. I’m not saying I’m not qualified to beat him, but on grass I have less chance he said on the occasion.
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