LONDON: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz produced an utterly ruthless performance to dismantle Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-2 7-6(4) in a rematch of last year's Wimbledon final to successfully defend his title on Sunday. Alcaraz now has four Grand Slam trophies with a perfect record in major finals, after his two Wimbledon triumphs, his US Open victory in 2022 and his French Open win last month. Defeat denied Djokovic a 25th Grand Slam title to surpass Margaret Court in the all-time list and also equal Swiss Roger Federer's haul of eight men's singles titles at Wimbledon.
"It's a dream for me, winning this trophy," said Alcaraz, who became the ninth man to retain his Wimbledon title in the professional era. "In an interview when I was 11 or 12 I said my dream was to win Wimbledon, so I'm replaying my dream. I want to keep going but it's a great feeling to play in this beautiful court and to lift this amazing trophy.
"This is the most beautiful tournament, most beautiful court and most beautiful trophy." Victory made him the sixth man in the professional era to claim the Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles in the same year, joining Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Rafa Nadal, Federer and Djokovic. "It's a huge honour for me to be part of those players who have achieved Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year.
They are huge champions," Alcaraz said. "I don't consider myself as a champion yet, not like them, but I'll keep going to build my path, my journey." Alcaraz pounced on his fifth break .
