Alcaraz retains his Wimbledon title and adds his fourth Grand Slam

• The Spaniard became the sixth man to achieve the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double | Photo: EFE

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz crushed Novak Djokovic (6-2, 6-2 and 7-6) to win his second Wimbledon title.

Alcaraz, aged 21, equalled Manolo Santana’s four Grand Slams, became the sixth man to achieve the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double and is the first Spaniard to retain his title at the Cathedral.

Over time, not only has his hairstyle changed, but also his nerves, which in 2023 got the better of him during the first set of the final, which lasted barely 23 minutes.

The first game of the final lasted 14 minutes. It took five points. break to bend the Serbian’s hand for the first time.

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The Spaniard was a spectacle of drop shots, counter-drop shots, counterattacks and dominance. Djokovic hit the ball very cleanly and was able to direct it, but Alcaraz always returned it strong and better. And the most surprising thing is the calm with which he did it. Halfway through the match, 6-2 and 1-0 in his favour, the Murcian walked around his side of the court playing with the ball and thinking regarding what would be the next trick to despair the champion of 24 Grand Slams, the man who wanted Roger Federer’s record of eight Wimbledons and who came up once morest Alcaraz defending the legacy of his idol.

The third set, which if lost would have meant a huge gap, went to a tie break and there Alcaraz showed that, despite his nerves, he is still the best.

With the score at 5-4 in the tie-break, two points away from victory, Alcaraz broke Djokovic with a drop shot first and did not let his nerves get the better of him on the fifth match point. The return on the second serve stayed in the net and Alcaraz threw his racket away and turned to his bench.

With information from EFE

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