2024-07-14 16:41:11
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, 21, won his second straight title at Wimbledon on Sunday once morest Serbian Novak Djokovic.
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Carlos Alcaraz won his second consecutive Wimbledon title and his fourth Grand Slam trophy on Sunday, July 14, winning 6-2, 6 in the 2023 final. -2, 7-6 (7/4) defeated Novak Djokovic.
The 21-year-old Spaniard has already won the 2022 US Open, 2023 Wimbledon and 2024 French Open.
Unlike last year, when the two were locked in a suffocating confrontation, this time there was almost no opponent. Only Djokovic’s pedigree might suggest that a turnaround is possible, even if remote.
Alcaraz’s insane dominance was demonstrated as he needed just 2 hours and 27 minutes to defeat one of the best grass-court players in history (only Roger Federer has won more titles than Djokovic) grass court) and even suffered one of the worst defeats of his career.
Because Serbians rarely have such powerlessness: Alcaraz is too fast, too strong, and too good. Return, pass, lob, counter lob, volley, serve, back shot… Alcaraz’s shooting range is amazing. Djokovic has seen all colors.
In the first set, following a long first game (a quarter of an hour) on Djokovic’s serve, Alcaraz broke serve from the start. The Serbian struggled on his first serve, clearly dominated and conceded a double break on a double fault, allowing the Spaniard to break at 4-1 and 5-1.
Advanced Alcaraz in the game
During the match, Alcaraz performed well, forcing his opponent to play a difficult low backhand volley when trying to volley, and opening up the court to hit a huge forehand to the baseline.
The second set started like the first, with Alcaraz breaking serve and Djokovic looking helpless once morest the Spaniard’s all-out tennis. As in the first set, Djokovic was completely overwhelmed and dropped his serve a second time to lose the set, but did not make the impression that might derail the Alcaraz express.
In the third set, Djokovic finally won the first serve and even led 30/0 on Alcaraz’s serve.
But the Spaniard used a false rebound on his last serve to equalize.
However, he had no luck on the next point when he beat Djokovic with a supersonic forehand. Four break points later, the Serb kept his passing going, but his self-sacrifice felt more like a matter of survival than a genuine inclination to reverse the course of things.
At 4-4, Alcaraz went into overdrive and managed to break serve, especially with three winners. He served in the match and had three match points at 40/0… but Djokovic equalized on a missed penalty volley. In the process, he broke serve and the two entered a tiebreak. Djokovic is a master at this. But this time, it was Alcaraz who had the final say.
AFP reports
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