On 16 July, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic lost to 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaras in the final match of Wimbledon in a five-set match with 1:6, 7:6, 6:1, 3:6 scores. , 6:4. The interview lasted 4 hours and 43 minutes.
In the fifth set, the Spanish tennis player took a break. After that, the score was 3:1 in favor of Alcaraz, while Djokovic hit the net support with a racket and left a notch. The Serbian athlete was given a warning by the referee of the match for unsportsmanlike behavior.
During the awards ceremony, Djokovic could not hold back his tears.
Alcaraz won the second Grand Slam of his career. He is the 2022 US Open champion.
At the time of his Wimbledon victory, there were only two youths from Alcaraz: Boris Becker (he won two titles before he was 19) and Bjorn Borg (again at the age of 20).
This year, two Russian tennis players reached the quarter-finals (Andrey Rublev and Roman Safiullin), and another (Daniil Medvedev) lost in the semi-finals.
After Wimbledon, Djokovic and Alcaraz will retain their place in the world rankings (second and first, respectively).
Formerly Novak Djokovic Confessedthat wasn’t expecting trouble from Alcaraz at Wimbledon.