2023-07-17 01:12:14
Carlos Alcaraz made history on Sunday at Wimbledon. ANDREW COULDRIDGE/REUTERS
ANALYSE – After a battle of titans in 4:42, a sumptuous final, the 20-year-old Spanish prodigy dominated the Serb on Sunday. Giant.
Feat. Moment of history. Defeating Novak Djokovic on the Center Court at Wimbledon for the past ten years is almost as impossible a challenge as beating Rafael Nadal on the Philippe-Chatrier at Roland-Garros. Seven-time winner, four-time defending champion, Novak Djokovic, who had not lost on Church Road center court for ten years and a final against Andy Murray, however fell on Sunday in his English garden, where he had been undefeated for 34 matches and his retirement in the quarter-finals of the 2017 edition.
The Serb, who was playing his 35th final in a Grand Slam tournament on Sunday (an absolute record for men and women alike), suffered the lightning of a 20-year-old boy without complex, Carlos Alcaraz (1-6 7-6 6-1 3-6 6-4). For his first at this stage of the competition in the Temple of Tennis, the Spanish world number one had the maturity of a champion aged 10 years older, accustomed to final matches, he who was only playing his second Grand Final Slam…
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