20-year-old Carlos Alcaraz grinned in the face of an inevitable outcome to beat Novak Djokovic in an all-time Wimbledon classic. With everyone’s favourite Grand Slam starting again today, it’s a perfect time to rewind the tape and experience it again. ALCARAZ EDGES DJOKOVIC IN ALL-TIME WIMBLEDON CLASSIC The dust has settled on an astonishing tennis match where the two best tennis players in the world slugged it out for the most prestigious prize.
FEAR INHIBITS PROGRESS It’s human nature to feel afraid when the stakes are high and there’s so much to lose. Perhaps 20-year-old Carlos Alcaraz doesn’t quite grasp the concept of fear yet, or maybe he’s just one of those rare creatures who was born for the entertainment industry. In the game where Alcaraz unflinchingly served it out to win the title , the Spaniard, who only turned 20 in May, hit a drop shot on the opening point and fluffed it into the net.
Undeterred, he went to the well again on the very next point to draw Djokovic in and then casually stroke a delicious lob over the tall Serb’s head. To do what Alcaraz did at that moment is so fearless it’s bordering on bonkers. You do have to try something different to beat a man of Djokovic’s class and pedigree.
How did he do it then? CARLOS ALCARAZ VS NOVAK DJOKOVIC IN A NUTSHELL So, let’s roll it back and summarise a tennis match of almost unthinkable and unprecedented quality. Let’s try, at least. ALCARAZ STRUGGLES TO GET GOING, DJOKOVIC EXERTS HIS AUTHO.
