2024-07-14 23:09:24
The 21-year-old tennis player crushed the seven-time winner of the tournament and the most titled tennis player of all time Novak Djokovic (ATP-2) 6:2, 6:2, 7:6 (7:4) in the final.
The match lasted just over two hours.
N. Djokovic faced problems at the very beginning of the match – the Serbian lost his first set of serves in the very first game of the match.
The 37-year-old tennis player, completely out of seriousness, could barely keep up with the young opponent’s blows.
The Serbian tennis player rebounded a bit more in the third set, where he played more aggressively and forced the Spaniard to make more mistakes closer to the net.
However, in the tenth game of the third set, C. Alcaraz had only a formality left before the Wimbledon title – the young tennis player led 5:4, and in his serving series he was ahead by as much as 40:0.
N. Djokovic, who found himself in a completely hopeless situation, showed his character – he won as many as five sets without answering and “stole” the opponent’s series of sets.
Soon the battle of the third set moved to overtime, but N. Djokovic’s character was no longer enough – C. Alcaraz celebrated the victory and won the second Wimbledon tournament in a row.
It was C.Alcaraz’s fourth “Grand Slam” trophy in his career.
For the triumph, C. Alcaraz will add 2000 ATP singles ranking points and 2.7 million to his dowry. the sum of pounds sterling.
N. Djokovic, who was in second place at that time, will receive 1,300 ATP singles ranking points and 1.4 million. an amount of pounds sterling.
After this tournament, both N. Djokovic and C. Alcaraz will remain in the same positions in the ATP singles ranking: the Serbian will remain second, and the Spaniard will continue to occupy third place.
According to tradition, both participants of the final were awarded after the duel by the Patron of the Wimbledon tennis tournament – Princess of Wales – Catherine.
We remind you that the Czech Barbora Krejčikova (WTA-32) celebrated the victory in the women’s tournament held on Saturday.
The 28-year-old tennis player beat the Italian Jasmine Paolini (WTA-7) 6:2, 2:6, 6:4 in the final match after a battle that took almost two hours.
2024-07-14 23:09:24