Sad news;Carlos Alcaraz new player have an accident in plane crash just now…
In a repeat of last year’s final, which was a five-set thriller, the 21-year-old Spaniard was in control throughout against the seven-time winner to claim his second title in SW19 and get the day off to a great start for his country Spain.
He won the first two sets 6-2, 6-2, before breaking in the ninth game of the third and final set to leave himself serving for the match.
With Jannik Sinner having won the Australian Open and Alcaraz going back-to-back at the French Open and here, it finally appears that men’s tennis belongs to the new generation.
Djokovic, meanwhile, is still agonisingly short of an all-time record 25th Grand Slam singles title and remains one behind Federer’s tally of eight Wimbledon crowns.
Djokovic has relished holding the fort for the old guard, consistently denying his young rivals on the Grand Slam stage.
Blowing three Championship points, he was brought back to deuce by Djokovic, who showed fine professionalism after a week that has seen him booed by crowds, and found himself blowing the opportunity to claim victory and broken to move the set even again. But Alcaraz found his nerve and held it to take the third set tie-break 7-4, finishing the match in two hours and 27 minutes and signifying what may have been a passing of the torch moment once and for all.