Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 6:43 PM
LONDON, July 15 / WAM / The confrontation between the veteran Serbian tennis stars Novak Djokovic and the young Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz will be renewed tomorrow at the top of the world rankings for the game’s professionals, when the two players meet in the final match of the English Open Championship (Wimbledon), the third of the four major “Grand Slam” tournaments of the season. Present.
Since the start of the tournament, there was a state of anticipation for the players to reach the final match, so that the title would be between Alcaraz, the world number one, and Djokovic, the second seed.
And with the players reaching the final together, the goal of each of them is no longer limited to topping the podium with the Wimbledon title, but rather, the two players are competing tomorrow for the top of the world rankings, where Djokovic can regain the lead if he wins the title, while winning the title will also be the only way for Alcaraz to maintain the lead it is currently in.
Each of the players enters the match with great ambition that differs from the other; Where Djokovic is looking to achieve more than one record by winning this final.
And if Djokovic, 36, beats Alcaraz tomorrow, the Serbian player will equal two records set by former Swiss Roger Federer. They are winning the title in 5 consecutive copies and winning the Wimbledon title 8 times.
Djokovic will also consolidate a record registered in his name, which is the number of titles won by any player in the history of his participation in the four major “Grand Slam” tournaments.
Djokovic was unique to this record by winning the French Open title (Roland Garros) a few weeks ago, the second of the four major “Grand Slam” tournaments in the current season; Raising his tally to 23 titles in these tournaments, compared to 22 titles for Spain’s Rafael Nadal.
On the other hand, despite topping the world rankings of the game’s professionals, Alcaraz’s 20-year-old record is still limited to one title in the four major tournaments, which gives the player additional motivation before tomorrow’s match.
Alcaraz won this only previous title through the US Open (Flushing Meadows) last season.
And Alcaraz lost in the semi-finals of Roland Garros to Djokovic a few weeks ago, to equalize the players in direct confrontations, as they beat each other only once, while tomorrow’s match will be the third confrontation between them.
Both players performed well in the semi-finals, with Djokovic knocking out Italian player Janik Siner, and Alcaraz defeating Russian Daniel Medvedev to reach his second Grand Slam final.
Alcaraz said about the upcoming confrontation tomorrow with Djokovic: “This gives you additional motivation. I think it is very special to play the final against a legend.”
“If I win the match, it would be amazing for me, not only to win Wimbledon, but because beating Novak would be very special,” he added in statements published by the World Professional Association.
Djokovic said about his opponent, Alcaraz: “I do not think that many people expected Alcaraz to play at this good level on grass courts, because his career was built and developed mainly on clay courts and then hard courts. But he succeeded tremendously in adapting to the type of courts and the requirements and challenges of each type. “.
Reda Abdel Nour / Ahmed Zahran
2023-07-15 14:46:29
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