Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon – as it happened

So the final may have failed to live up to the five-set drama of 12 months ago, but it was thrilling nonetheless seeing what could prove to be a decisive changing of the guard. Alcaraz showed great composure to win the tie-break after missing those three championship points and for most of the match utterly dominated Djokovic with his shot-making and speed –

it was a rarity to see Djokovic looking so confounded on court. All of Djokovic’s net-rushing didn’t come off – Alcaraz is too good at picking his target for that – but Djokovic must have felt he couldn’t match Alcaraz physically from the baseline.

But credit to the Serb, it was still superhuman of him to reach the final so soon after knee surgery, it just wasn’t superhuman enough to beat the new superhero of tennis. So it’s a fourth grand slam title for Alcaraz – how many can he win? Of course Jannik Sinner is very much in the mix too – but, right now, it looks as if the only thing that can stop Alcaraz would be his body. He’s rewriting history just as Djokovic, Nadal and Federer did before him. As for Djokovic, he said in his speech that he’ll keep going in his chase for history – but the task of claiming outright GOAT-ness with a 25th slam title is only going to get harder.

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