Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz Meet within the Wimbledon Ultimate

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic is bidding for his record-tying eighth Wimbledon singles championship and fifth in a row.

Djokovic needs his twenty fourth Grand Slam title. Alcaraz needs his second.

There may be a lot on the road when Djokovic and Alcaraz meet one another at Centre Courtroom within the Wimbledon last on Sunday.

There’s additionally this: Alcaraz, a 20-year-old from Spain, is ranked No. 1, and Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, is ranked No. 2. Along with the Wimbledon trophy, the winner may have the highest ATP rating.

It is a rematch of the showdown between Alcaraz and Djokovic within the French Open semifinals final month.

The primary two units have been terrific, and every man gained one. However then Alcaraz was overcome by cramping — he mentioned later he thought nerves have been the primary trigger — and Djokovic took the anticlimactic final two units 6-1, 6-1.

Marketa Vondrousova gained her first Grand Slam title on Saturday by defeating Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 within the ladies’s last.

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