One of the themes of the week continues to be the triumph of Carlos Alcaraz in Wimbledonthe first of his young career, in addition to the fact that he went against a true living legend such as Novak Djokovicwho was imposed in 5 sets of 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, and 6-4.
It was a great match that lasted 4 hours and 46 minutes, which ended with victory for the young man, just 20 years old, who beat the 7-time Wimbledon champion, aged 36, this being the second Grand Slam title for Alcaraz, who last year he won his first in the US Open.
As if that were not enough, Alcaraz, originally from Murcia, Spainnot only did he beat Djokovic, who is Serbian, but he also thwarted his chance to tie Roger Federer with 8 Wimbledon titles, who is the most-ever winner in the history of Wimbledon. All England Club.
hegemony is over
To give a little more context, Carlos Alcaraz is the first male tennis player to win Wimbledon in 20 years, not named Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, or Andy Murray, who have held all the championships in this great event since 2003. .
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Federer, a Swiss tennis legend, was the one who began to dominate, winning his first Grand Slam precisely at Wimbledon in 2003, to later win 4 more times in a row, in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
Rafael Nadal Spain’s reign was interrupted in 2008, for Federer to return to the top in 2009, and Nadal later in 2010, with Djokovic joining the party in 2011, winning his first Wimbledon.
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Roger Federer did not want to be left behind, and won again in the 2012 final, being in 2013 when the British Andy Murray joined the party with his victory, only for Djokovic to dominate later, triumphing in 2014 and 2015.
Murray was crowned for the second time in his career in 2016, and Federer did it for the last time in 2017, touching the reign of Novak Djokovic, who won it in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022, losing for the first time. in 4 years, before the aforementioned Carlos Alcaraz, called to be the next great tennis player in the world.
2023-07-18 18:23:19
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