{"id":485257,"date":"2024-07-14T11:56:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T15:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=485257"},"modified":"2024-07-14T11:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T15:56:49","slug":"alcaraz-leaves-djokovic-no-chance-to-defend-wimbledon-title","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/alcaraz-leaves-djokovic-no-chance-to-defend-wimbledon-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz leaves Djokovic no chance to defend Wimbledon title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his Wimbledon title by defeating Novak Djokovic in a stunning display of skill and athleticism, winning 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the men&#8217;s singles final. At just 21 years old, Alcaraz now holds four Grand Slam titles and has achieved the remarkable feat of winning Roland Garros and Wimbledon consecutively, a distinction shared by only five other men in the Open era.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CARLOS ALCARAZ DEFEATS NOVAK DJOKOVIC IN BACK-TO-BACK YEARS AT WIMBLEDON \ud83c\udfc6 \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6cNQSyt3GW\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/6cNQSyt3GW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1812511950686839295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, who was aiming to match Roger Federer\u2019s record of eight Wimbledon titles, become the oldest Grand Slam winner in the Open era, and surpass Margaret Court\u2019s record of 25 Grand Slam wins, was unable to withstand Alcaraz\u2019s powerful serves and athletic prowess.<\/p>\n<p>The match started with a grueling first game, lasting 14 minutes, which Alcaraz won by breaking Djokovic\u2019s serve. Alcaraz continued to dominate the set, taking it 6-2 in just 41 minutes, backed by a comfortable hold and his fastest serve of the tournament at 136mph. The second set followed a similar pattern, with Alcaraz breaking Djokovic\u2019s serve twice and winning 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>The third set was more competitive, with Djokovic finding his rhythm and putting up a stronger fight. Despite being broken by Alcaraz\u2019s impressive backhand pass, Djokovic saved three championship points at 0-40 to break back and push the set into a tie-break.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Astounding Alcaraz \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard defends his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wimbledon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Wimbledon<\/a> title with a stunning straight sets victory over Novak Djokovic, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4) \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bEbT9HwMZh\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/bEbT9HwMZh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wimbledon\/status\/1812512574044299389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz quickly overcame an early miss in the tie-break, leveraging two precise drop shots to gain championship points, ultimately securing his victory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A familiar feeling \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz lifts the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wimbledon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Wimbledon<\/a> Gentlemen\u2019s Singles Trophy for the second time \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O73owrPkk6\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/O73owrPkk6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wimbledon\/status\/1812515062059278529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his Wimbledon title by defeating Novak Djokovic in a stunning display of skill and athleticism, winning 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":485258,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16732,16740,17072],"news_category":[16715,16714,14084],"gn_keywords":[17857,17855,6273],"acf":{"announce":"The Spaniard needed just over two and a half hours of play to clinch his second title in All England Club","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485259,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485257\/revisions\/485259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485257"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=485257"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=485257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}