Novak Djokovic celebrates after his victory over Lorenzo Musetti.Image: keystone
Like a year ago, Novak Djokovic and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will meet in the Wimbledon final on Sunday. The Serb is aiming for his eighth title in the grass court, while the Spaniard is aiming for the rare French Open/Wimbledon double.
The favorites prevailed in the semifinals. Like last year, Alcaraz won against the Russian Daniil Medvedev, but was put through a tough test in the 6:7 (1:7), 6:3, 6:4, 6:4. Djokovic had it a little easier against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti with 6:4, 7:6 (7:2), 6:4.
The repeat of last year’s final is a kind of dream final. Twelve months ago, Alcaraz and Djokovic fought a spectacular duel over five sets, at the end of which the young Spaniard prevented the Serb from equalling record winner Roger Federer with his eighth title. Now the 37-year-old from Belgrade would like to make up for that.
Like last year, Alcaraz celebrates a semi-final victory against Daniil Medvedev.Image: keystone
The world number two mastered the challenge against the highly talented outsider Lorenzo Musetti (ATP 25) with ease. He had an answer to everything the 22-year-old Italian pulled out of his hat. The decisive factor was the tiebreak in the second set, in which Djokovic was, as so often, untouchable.
Apart from a bandage, there is no sign of his knee operation, which took place just a month ago. After a good two and three-quarter hours, he used his fourth match point. A few weeks ago at the French Open, he needed five sets against Musetti – and later paid for it with a knee injury.
Surprise man Musetti says goodbye to the audienceImage: keystone
Alcaraz faced the same opponent in the semifinals as he did a year ago, which was perhaps a good omen. This time Medvedev won one set, but overall he had too little to counter the young Spaniard’s varied and brilliant performance. Alcaraz seemed to be able to raise his level to the next level every time the Russian was able to pose a threat to him.
In sets two to four, Alcaraz only had to give up his serve once. However, he immediately countered the break to 0:1 in the fourth set. In an often high-quality and attractive match, his break to 4:3 meant the preliminary decision. After almost two hours, the Spaniard from Murcia used his first match point with a successful net attack. (dab/sda)
Tennis players with at least two Grand Slam titles (since 1968)
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Tennis players with at least two Grand Slam titles (since 1968)
Novak Djokovic (2008 bis 2023): 24 Grand-Slam-Titel (10-mal Australian Open, 7-mal Wimbledon, 4-mal US Open, 3-mal French Open).
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2024-07-12 19:07:00
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