The Spanish tennis player, 3rd in the ATP ranking, won in sets of 6-2, 6-2 and 7-6 (4) against the Serbian (2nd) in the final of the London Grand Slam.
Carlos Alcaraz is partying again at Wimbledon. The Spanish tennis player, 3rd in the ATP ranking, managed to beat Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2 and 7-6(4) this Sunday during the long-awaited Wimbledon final. .
The first set started to be played with everything. After a match of about ten minutes, The Hispanic managed to break the Balkan player on his fifth chance.
With the lead in the set, Alcaraz struck again in the fifth Gamesmanaging to take the Serb’s serve and take the lead 4-1. Djokovic did not want to be left behind and pushed for the next one, although his efforts were not enough to achieve it.
In this way, Alcaraz only needed to secure his serve to win the first set by a clear 6-2. .
In the second set, the start was also favorable to the Iberian who started with a break in his favor. From that moment on, the games were equal until the seventh game. In this case, Djokovic took a risk and ended up giving up serve, which allowed the Spaniard to close the second set with a new 6-2. .
In the third set, Alcaraz had the opportunity to take the lead in the third game. There, the Spaniard had four break options, but Djokovic finally knew how to defend them. The Serbian’s response came in the sixth, but this time it was the Spaniard who managed to save the opportunity generated by his rival.
The key moment came in the ninth Games. Alcaraz attacked with everything and got a break that allowed him to serve to close the set. In this case, the Hispanic managed to have three match points in his favor, but Djokovic managed to keep those options until recovering the loss of serve and making it 5-5. .
Then Djokovic secured the 11th game, leading 6-5, forcing the Spaniard to fight with everything to extend the definition to decisive game. Then, the Hispanic managed to impose himself 7-6(4) and ended up winning the title.
New achievements for Alcaraz
With this result, Carlos Alcaraz not only became a double Wimbledon champion (he had also beaten Djokovic in 2023), but He became the sixth tennis player to win the French Open and London Grand Slam titles back-to-back.
Thus, he joins a list where only famous names of white sport appear, such as Rod Laver (1969), Björn Borg (1978, 1979 and 1980), Rafael Nadal (2008 and 2010), Roger Federer (2009) and Novak Djokovic (2021).
Furthermore, This second title at the All England Lawn Tennis Club allows him to reach four Grand Slam titles, making him the third active tennis player (only behind Djokovic and Nadal) with the most trophies in the majors. leaving behind Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka with three titles each.
On the other hand, Djokovic was left without the opportunity to avenge what happened in 2023. Although at Wimbledon he once again showed his best version after a series of injuries, he missed the opportunity to reach 25 Grand Slam titles. .
He also failed to match Roger Federer as the man with the most Wimbledon titles with eight. .
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Source: Latercera
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