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Demonstration of power – Alcaraz triumphs again against Djokovic in the final
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Alcaraz leaves Djokovic no chance in the final
Carlos Alcaraz impressively prevented Novak Djokovic from taking revenge and won the grass court classic at Wimbledon for the second time. In the first two sets, the 21-year-old Spaniard gave the 16-year-older Serb a lesson.
Carlos Alcaraz defends his title at the tennis classic in Wimbledon. In a repeat of last year’s final, the 21-year-old Spaniard easily beats world number two Novak Djokovic. The Serb’s mission thus fails again.
With a fascinating performance, Spanish tennis pro Carlos Alcaraz triumphed at Wimbledon for the second time and destroyed Novak Djokovic’s hopes of an all-time record. In a long, surprisingly one-sided repeat of last year’s final, the outstanding 21-year-old beat the sometimes perplexed Serb 6:2, 6:2, 7:6 (7:4) and celebrated his fourth Grand Slam title.
A year ago, he had spoiled Djokovic’s chance of winning the grass court classic at London’s Church Road in five sets in the final. This time, the French Open winner dominated the generational duel in the first two sets with Djokovic, who this time had no chance.
After 2 hours and 27 minutes, he converted his fourth match point. It was only when he served to win the third set at 5:4 and had three match points in a row and missed all of them that Alcaraz briefly lost his composure. In the tiebreak, however, the Spaniard then won the match and denied Djokovic the revenge he had hoped for.
No 25th Grand Slam title for Djokovic
Just 39 days after his knee surgery, Serbian tennis star Djokovic could have won his 25th Grand Slam title and set an all-time record. But the 37-year-old failed to distance himself from Australian Margaret Court, who collected her 24 Grand Slam titles between 1960 and 1973. In addition, the men’s Wimbledon record of eight titles remains with the retired Swiss Roger Federer.
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Alcaraz achieved the rare feat of securing the Grand Slam title on grass after his French Open success on clay in June. The titles at the 2022 US Open, Wimbledon in 2023 and 2024 and Roland Garros in 2024 now adorn his Grand Slam honours. With four triumphs in his first four finals at the most important tournaments in his sport, he is following in the footsteps of tennis icon Federer, who was the only person to achieve this in the Open era.
This time, Barbora Krejcikova won the first title. In a surprise final on Saturday, the Czech prevailed 6:2, 2:6, 6:4 against the Italian Jasmine Paolini and beamed with joy about her second major singles title after the 2021 French Open. Tears flowed when she read the name of her mentor Jana Novotna, who died of cancer in 2017, on the winners’ board.
Princess Kate watches the finale
When Djokovic began serving, Princess Kate had also taken a seat in the Royal Box. She was greeted with great applause at a much-noticed public appearance together with Princess Charlotte a few months after her cancer diagnosis.
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The atmosphere on the completely full Centre Court was immediately great. The first game alone lasted over 14 minutes – and things couldn’t have started better for Alcaraz. While Alcaraz had botched the first set twelve months ago, this time he took Djokovic’s first service game straight away. He was dominant in an extraordinary start to the match. The advantage was immediately on the Spaniard’s side. With a double fault, Djokovic gifted his young opponent the second break to make it 4-1.
The record Grand Slam winner had certainly imagined the opening match differently. As in the previous six rounds, a bandage protected his right knee. He had injured his meniscus in Paris, but it had not prevented him from having a chance at the title.
The second set began like the first – with a break from the Spanish number three in the world. Alcaraz impressed the 15,000 spectators with unreachable stop balls, direct point wins from the baseline and passing balls. The most spectacular points in this generational duel were provided by the youngster, who also returned strongly and, unlike in the previous tournament, hardly allowed anything on his own serve. Djokovic also clapped in recognition.
After 75 minutes, Alcaraz won the second set
The Serb was not having his best day and made unusual mistakes at important moments. A volley error led to the next break, followed by another double fault to make it 2:5. After 75 minutes, the Spaniard was leading 2:0 sets.
In the third set, Djokovic raised his level. It was finally a balanced final. As the set approached the decisive phase, Alcaraz pulled ahead again. He secured the break with a backhand passing shot, but then had to go into the tiebreak.