The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz he beat Serbian Novak Djokovic and was crowned Wimbledon champion for the first time in his short but successful tennis career.
The Spanish tennis player achieved a forceful but hard-fought victory over the Serbian 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6 and 6-4, to continue as the number one of the ATP world ranking.
The experience of the Serbian, who was in search of his 24th Grand Slam, faced the talent, power and explosiveness of the Spaniard, who managed to impose his authority to win his second ‘Grande’ title at the age of 20.
Alcaraz’s path to the title
On the way to her first Wimbledon final, alcaraz he defeated Jeremy Chardy, Alexandre Muller, Nicolás Jarry, Matteo Berrettini, Holger Rune and Daniil Medvedev, losing only two sets.
Djokovic, for his part, was at the door of his eighth title at Wimbledon after those achieved in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022.
The triumph of alcaraz, in addition to the importance that it attaches to being a Grand Slam and the permanence as number one in the world ranking, ended with an immense streak of the Serbian of 34 wins in a row in the tournament, and more than 10 years without losing on Center Court . During his participation in this edition, he left behind the Argentine Pedro Cachín, Jordan Thompson, Stan Wawrinka, Hubert Hurkacz, Andrey Rublev and Jannik Sinner. Like Alcaraz, he only lost two sets and with the particularity that he won the six tie-breaks he played.
It was the third match between the two
Today’s was the third match between the two. The first was for the semifinals of the Masters 1000 in Madrid 2022, where alcaraz he prevailed by 6-7(5), 7-5 and 7-6(5).
The second clash occurred a little over a month ago, in the semifinals of Roland Garrosand it was very traumatic for the young Spaniard.
When they were a set a side, alcaraz he began to suffer from cramps throughout his body and had to play the rest of the game almost without being able to run: it ended with a result of 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 and 6-1 for Djokovic.
Source: Ambito
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