Carlos Alcaraz wins maiden Wimbledon title after ending Novak Djokovic’s incredible run

Carlos Alcaraz rolled over a near-invincible Novak Djokovic in the final to win his maiden Wimbledon 2023 men’s singles title. The Spaniard won the match 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 on Centre Court in four hours and 43 minutes. With the hard-fought win, the 20-year-old ended Djokovic's stupendous 34-match winning-streak at Wimbledon. Alcaraz also retained his No.1 spot in the ATP rankings.

Novak Djokovic had not lost on the Center Court at Wimbledon for 10 years and 7 days and the man who last beat him there, Andy Murray, was watching the men’s singles final action along with Neal Skupski.

Novak Djokovic came out all guns firing, much like he did in their meeting in the French Open semi-final, to take the opening set 6-1 in just 34 minutes. It was Carlos Alcaraz who produced the first break point of the match but Djokovic saved it and never looked back.

Djokovic, much like he did in the French Open semi-final, began on an aggressive note, finding return winners from inside the baseline and attacking Alcaraz’s forehand with powerful shots to that side. It looked like a repeat of the French Open semi-final as Djokovic raced to the first set victory.

It looked like a mismatch as Djokovic was dominating the World No. 1 once again. The gulf in experience on grass court was showing as Alcaraz, featuring only in his 13th match in Wimbledon, was not able to control his frustration against Djokovic, who was playing in his 9th Wimbledon final.

Alcaraz, who had faced cramps due to



nerves in his 4-set defeat to Djokovic in Paris in June, did not suffer the same fate on Sunday as he raised his game and broke Djokovic’s serve straightaway.

Alcaraz started to look more assured, but he was broken back quickly. The two men kept the intensity up and entered a tie-breaker in the second set. It was advantage Djokovic as the Serb had won 15 tie-breakers in Grand Slams in a row before Sunday. However, Alcaraz saved a set point to take it 8-6 and let out a huge battle cry.

Alcaraz stepped up on the gas and played with more freedom as his aggressive stroke-making began to yield results. Alcaraz put relentless pressure on Djokovic, who was not happy with the way the shot-clock for the serves were being maintained. Even though Djokovic let it affect his concentration, Alcaraz was focused on the job at hand.

The Spaniard pushed Djokovic to the limits in the 5th game of the 3rd set, which extended to 26 minutes. The game saw 13 deuces before Alcaraz broke Djokovic and raced to a 6-1 win in the 3rd set.

With the pressure well and truly on him, Djokovic earned two crucial breaks in the fourth set and took the match in the deciding set.

Alcaraz, however, did not lose his cool and earned an early break of serve. Alcaraz got to his nerves as errors kept flowing from the 23-time Grand Slam champion. Djokovic got frustrated to the extent that he smashed his racket on the side of the net. Later, a forced error from the Serb on the forehand pulled the curtains down on the match.