Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates beating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic throughout their males’s singles closing tennis match on the fourteenth day of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Garden Tennis and Croquet Membership in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 14, 2024. Defending champion Alcaraz beat seven-time winner Novak Djokovic in a blockbuster closing, with Alcaraz successful 6-2, 6-2,7-6. (Photograph by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE
Carlos Alcaraz overpowered seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in straight units to retain his Wimbledon title on Sunday in a brutal assertion that the brand new period of males’s tennis has arrived.
The Spanish third seed produced a efficiency combining superior energy with delicate contact to win 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4), accumulating the fourth Grand Slam of his younger profession.
Alcaraz equals the Open Period file for many Grand Slams received on the age 21 or beneath, becoming a member of Boris Becker, Bjorn Borg and Mats Wilander.
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Astounding Alcaraz 🤩
The Spaniard defends his #Wimbledon title with a surprising straight units victory over Novak Djokovic, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4) 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/bEbT9HwMZh
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 14, 2024
And he’s simply the sixth man to win the French Open and Wimbledon again to again.
Djokovic, 37, who had knee surgical procedure simply weeks in the past, was aiming to win a twenty fifth Grand Slam — which might have been a file within the males’s and ladies’s sport.
However he had no solutions within the Centre Courtroom sunshine as the electrical Alcaraz pounded him from the again of the court docket and handled the group to an array of his trademark drop pictures.
Alcaraz seized the initiative in a primary sport of breathtaking high quality lasting 14 minutes, benefiting from his fifth break level.
The Spaniard settled rapidly into his routine on serve and went up a double break when Djokovic double-faulted within the fifth sport.
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The shellshocked Serbian, taking part in in his tenth Wimbledon closing, held serve to like to shut the hole to 5-2 however dumped the ball into the online at hand the Spaniard the primary set.
Alcaraz was instantly on the entrance foot within the second set, forcing a break within the first sport and keeping off stress on his personal serve to take a 2-0 lead.
A Djokovic backhand into the online within the seventh sport handed Alcaraz one other break level and a double fault put the defending champion 5-2 up and on the cusp of a two-set lead.
The Centre Courtroom crowd, together with Catherine, Princess of Wales, appeared on in disbelief as their hopes for a titanic tussle evaporated.
Djokovic fended off one other clutch of break factors early within the third set to remain alive and confirmed indicators that he was discovering his vary.
However the Spaniard carved out three break factors within the ninth sport, arrowing a passing shot previous his stranded opponent to maneuver 5-4 forward.
Alcaraz stepped as much as serve for the championship however squandered three match factors, lacking an easy drive volley as Djokovic broke for the primary time within the match.
However he recovered his composure rapidly because the set went to a tie-break.
Djokovic went broad with a forehand to offer Alcaraz a 5-3 lead and the Spaniard received the title together with his fourth championship level.
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The consequence means Djokovic has nonetheless not overwhelmed a top-ten participant this 12 months and has but to win a title.
The Serbian will now flip his consideration to the Paris Olympics as he seeks to win gold for the primary time.