2023-07-16 21:56:00
“Novak just wants to buy time and change the rhythm of the game,” explained Mischa Zverev following Djokovic started a debate with referee Fergus Murphy.
The defending champion complained to the Irishman that he would not have enough time to get a towel if the shot clock was triggered too early.
The shot clock speeds up the game, players are forced to serve within 25 seconds.
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“It has been the case for years that the shot clock is pressed when the audience is quiet. You don’t have to get a towel, that’s your business,” says Zverev.
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It is very typical in sentences in which Djokovic is behind that “a thousand things happen that have nothing to do with tennis. You somehow fail to expand the lead.”
Alcaraz put the interlude well away and managed to break the longest game of the final, which lasted 28 (!) Minutes, to make it 4-1.
After five sets (1: 6, 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 4) and 4:42 hours, the Spaniard dethroned the seven-time champion and secured his first Wimbledon title. You might also be interested in: From tourist to champion – Vondrousova stuns the scene
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