The Serb suffered a tough setback in the Wimbledon final, after losing in five sets to Carlos Alcaraz. With the defeat, the man from Belgrade retained his 7 British Grand Slam titles, missing out on the chance to match the overall winner of the contest, Switzerland’s Roger Federer (8).
Compliance despite defeat . so it was shown Novak Djokovic (2nd) after having lost, in a long match, the final of Wimbledon at the hands of the world number 1, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.
The Serb, winner of 23 Grand Slam titles and 7 crowns in the major British, could not with the solidity of the Murcian, although he sold his loss dearly after forcing his rival to play five sets in 4 hours and 43 minutes of play .
Despite the obvious discomfort, the Balkan admitted after the encounter that “Carlos showed great quality at the end of the game. When he had to take the game forward, he did it well, with very good serves” he pointed out.
In this sense, Djokovic admitted to his rival this Sunday that “I knew I was probably going to have trouble with you on clay and hard courts, but it’s amazing how you’ve adapted to the grass. Before this year at Wimbledon, you might have be played once or twice in your life on this surface, but recently you won Queen’s and now here. Congratulations!” .
Afterwards, the former world number one pointed out that “Obviously I don’t like losing games like these, but when the emotions go down to their level I will be very grateful as I have won many close games in the past. . In 2019, I won a final against Roger (Federer) in which I had lost two match points and maybe I could have lost there (…). Now it’s my turn.”
Similarly, “Nole” said that “I’ll probably be proud of what I’ve done, maybe tomorrow morning (laughs)” adding that “It’s obviously difficult to take when you’re so close. but these are moments that we work on every day, to have the possibility of playing in the big tournaments of the world”.
Finally, Djokovic added that “I am lucky to have participated in many of them during my career. I’m very grateful, even though I didn’t win today, and I have to move on “, he concluded with enthusiasm.
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