On Sunday at Wimbledon, in the sunshine on Centre Court, Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4) in a one-sided final.
The Spaniard is now 4-0 in Grand Slam finals. He also won the US Open in 2022, Wimbledon last year, and Roland-Garros last month.
Alcaraz is just the second man in the Open Era to win his first four major finals in a row, after Roger Federer.
From the beginning, Alcaraz made Djokovic, a seven-time Wimbledon champion, uncomfortable and never let him back in. The Spaniard broke the Serbian in the first game, which was 14 minutes, and that set the tone of the match.
“Yeah, the first game was incredible,” Djokovic said. “One of the longest first games I’ve ever played.
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“I think he was coming out from the blocks ready to battle and ready to play his best level right away, which wasn’t the case last year where I started better, had a comfortable…
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