Djokovic, 37, couldn’t summon his usual magic in Sunday’s lopsided loss to the 21-year-old Alcaraz in Sunday’s Wimbledon men’s final.
Carlos Alcaraz captured his second straight Wimbledon men's singles championship trophy, besting Novak Djokovic on Sunday. WIMBLEDON, England — On the doorstep of Sunday’s final, the man with the most Grand Slam singles titles of all time spoke about the magic of Wimbledon.
But Wimbledon had no magic left for him Sunday. It was all absorbed by the young wizard who stood across the net in the men’s championship match for the second year in a row.and fourth Grand Slam title with the typical sparks flying from his racket. He produced a highly atypical score line for a battle against Djokovic, prevailing over his off-kilter opponent, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 , and handing the Serb the second-worst defeat of his career in a Grand Slam final.
But perhaps most importantly on the day the Spanish men’s national football team faces England in the European Championships, Alcaraz is just the second Spanish man after Rafael Nadal to hoist multiple Wimbledon titles.Centre Court was already teeming by the time Djokovic and Alcaraz arrived shortly before the players walked on the court. The crowd rose to greet, with a heartfelt standing ovation — Sunday was her second public appearance since the announcement in March of her cancer diagnosis.
The opening game seemed to promise another marathon like the final last year, where Djokovic and Alcaraz battled for 4 hours and 42 minutes. It contained seven deuces, 20 points and went on nearly 14 minutes, feeling like both players were yearning to make an opening statement.Alcaraz won it with a lightning-quick return on a 125-mph serve to break Djokovic, snatching control of the match that he never let slip from his grasp and enlivening a keyed-up crowd that never calmed down.
Most telling were Djokovic’s mistakes when he moved forward. He’d entered Sunday’s final having won 78 percent of the points he’d contested at net over five matches .On Sunday, he could hardly put away a volley, clipping the net as many times as he sent a short ball careening wide. He won just 51 percent of points at net.
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