Carlos Alcaraz has been praised by former doubles world number one Pam Shriver for the impressive mental toughness he displayed in defeating Novak Djokovic in the 2023 Wimbledon final.
Alcaraz faced off against the seven-time champion facing doubts about his ability on this surface. The Serb was looking to equal Roger Federer’s record of eight men’s titles in SW19, and win his 24th Grand Slam title, which would be equal to Margaret Court’s all-time record, however the Murcian tennis player achieved the feat and managed to end up raising the title in London after five tough sets
Shriver, who has 21 Grand Slam singles and 22 doubles titles, praised Alcaraz for not being intimidated by the magnitude of the occasion against the Belgrade tennis player.
For me what has become the most difficult challenge in recent years is facing Novak at Wimbledon.
On the other hand, he pointed out that facing Djokovic in the grass tournament is the most difficult challenge in tennis, on the same scale as facing Rafa Nadal at Roland-Garros: “In addition to facing Rafa at Roland Garros, For me what has become the most difficult challenge in recent years is facing Novak at Wimbledon. And arguably Melbourne too, although I would say London is much more difficult.”
And it is that with this victory, Alcaraz became the first player to beat Djokovic on center court at Wimbledon since Andy Murray defeated him in the 2013 final.
2023-07-31 21:05:05
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