21:43 (IST)
Carlos Alcaraz takes the third set
Carlos Alcaraz wins the third set 6-1 and is up by two sets to one. A gorgeous backhand winner to convert the second set point for the Spaniard. What an incredible turn around from the first set disappointment for Carlitos
21:36 (IST)
Wimbledon Final Live
First set: 34 minutes
5th game of third set: 27 minute long
Carlos Alcaraz leads the third set 4-1!
20:48 (IST)
Carlos Alcaraz wins the second set
Carlos Alcaraz takes the second set 7-6 (6) and makes it one set all. A sublime backhand winner beats Djokovic who looked to approach the net. What a shot that was and Alcaraz maybe should have gotten the job done at 5-4
20:43 (IST)
Second set tiebreak
At 6-6, Djokovic with a second straight backhand into the net. He is bewildered and the crowd applauds
At 7-6, Alcaraz strikes a backhand winner down the line to win the second set!
20:37 (IST)
Second set tiebreak
Djokovic and Alcaraz exchange a point each after the change to make it 4-4.
The ball sits up and Alcaraz plays a smart drop shot. Djokovic was caught off guard there
At 5-4, Djokovic is given a time violation. He had been teasing with it throughout the match. When the point is finally played, Djokovic gets it to make it 5-5.
At 5-5, Djokovic with a backhand winner to bring up set point
At 6-5, Djokovic hits the top of the net with the backhand. So close!
At 6-6, they change ends.
20:31 (IST)
Tiebreak
Djokovic has won 15 consecutive tiebreaks at majors. This is going to be yet another arduous task for Alcaraz. It is 3-3 at the change in the tiebreak as Djokovic's attempted drop shot doesn't come off
20:29 (IST)
Alcaraz 1-6, 6-6 Djokovic (* denotes next server)
From 30-30, Djokovic holds to force a tiebreak. Two serve returns going long at this crucial stage stage
20:20 (IST)
Alcaraz* 1-6, 5-5 Djokovic (* denotes next server)
Carlos Alcaraz goes for a drop shot on deuce but it doesn't come through. It brings up game point for Djokovic. Things not easy and plain sailing for Djokovic anymore. Alcaraz with a lovely drop shot and Djokovic, in an ideal, human world would not have gotten to it. Except he gets there in some time to play an angled drop shot of his own. Alcaraz gets to it but is unable to get the ball up and over. He hits the deck and Djokovic makes a sarcastic smile and gesture to the crowd. 'Not bad, was it?'
20:11 (IST)
Vika thinks it is a stretch to call Alcaraz favourite vs Djokovic. Agree?
Alcaraz is unreal talent and already an incredible player and he is only getting better, but to pick him as a favorite against Djokovic today in Wimbledon is a stretch in my opinion…
— victoria azarenka (@vika7) July 16, 2023
Anyway I hate predictions and all the bs talk… I’d rather enjoy the game 🎾 ✌🏻
20:08 (IST)
Alcaraz* 1-6, 4-4 Djokovic (* denotes next server)
Alcaraz goes for a fierce backhand return on the serve but has overcooked it. Djokovic holds and gestures angrily at his box with the game not going as smoothly as the first set
19:58 (IST)
Wimbledon Live
Jonathan Bailey, Ariana Grande, Andrew Garfield, Tom Hiddleston and Woo-bin Kim also in attendance. As are Andy Murray and men's doubles champion Neal Skupski
19:57 (IST)
19:43 (IST)
Alcaraz* 1-6, 2-2 Djokovic (* denotes next server)
Djokovic is rushed into a forehand and he smacks it into the net to bring up a break point for Alcaraz. And it is shut down after a 29-shot rally. Sublime rally with both players hitting some incredible deep shots before Djokovic gets the upper hand. Djokovic holds with a thumping big serve which doesn't come back
19:37 (IST)
Alcaraz 1-6, 2-1 *Djokovic (* denotes next server)
Huge roar from Novak Djokovic as Carlos Alcaraz's forehand goes into the tramlines. Djokovic has broken Alcaraz back to bring the second set on sevre. Error prone game from Alcaraz and he has been made to pay for it
19:30 (IST)
Alcaraz* 1-6, 2-0 Djokovic (* denotes next server)
Novak Djokovix is BROKEN! Having saved two break points, Djokovic is broken! A backhand unforced error from the Serb and he is broken for just the fourth time this Championship!
19:20 (IST)
Novak Djokovic wins the first set!
Novak Djokovic takes the opening set 6-1 and Carlos Alcaraz has barely had a look in!
Stat: Djokovic is 79-1 at Wimbledon when he's won the first set!
19:13 (IST)
Alcaraz 1-5 *Djokovic (* denotes next server)
Alacraz is on the board! From 30-30, he gets out of the cage with some Alcaraz-esque tennis. The Spaniard with a divine half volley pickup and then hits a gorgeous forehand winner down the line with Djokovic on the approach
19:10 (IST)
Alcaraz* 0-5 Djokovic (* denotes next server)
Djokovic continues the charge with a little hassle hold. A running driving forehand winner sees him hold and Alcaraz is unable to get a foothold at all.
19:05 (IST)
Alcaraz 0-4 *Djokovic (* denotes next server)
DOUBLE BREAK! Alcaraz comes from 15-40 down to bring the game to deuce but is unable to get on the board. A backhand into the net and Alcaraz is broken once again. Poor start from Carlos continues
19:02 (IST)
Alcaraz* 0-3 Djokovic (* denotes next server)
Djokovic takes a break advantage with Alcaraz seeing the errors pile up. The Serb follows the break with a serve to add to his stupendous record on serve this fortnight.
18:56 (IST)
Djokovic vs Alcaraz Live
Novak Djokovic 1-0 Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic takes the opening game on the serve, though Alcaraz dishes out a warning by collecting an early break point. Djokovic starts off with a solid serve that is too good for the Spaniard, but Alcaraz responds with a firm backhand to level the scores. Follows it up with a forehand winner to surge ahead, only for Djokovic to draw level with an ace. The game goes twice to deuce thereafter, and Djokovic seals the deal with a solid first serve.
18:39 (IST)
Djokovic vs Alcaraz Live
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz make their way to the Centre Court as the highly-anticipated showdown gets underway. The two players do a quick warmup after a chat with chair umpire Fergus Murphy.
Alcaraz wins the toss and elects to receive. Both men pose for a quick picture at the net before Djokovic serves to get the match going.
18:34 (IST)
Wimbledon LIVE
Did you know?
— Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest man at 20 years, 72 days, to reach the Wimbledon final since countryman Rafael Nadal (20 years, 36 days) was runner-up in 2006 (to Federer)
— Alcaraz (20 years 72 days) and Djokovic (36 years 55 days) contesting the final here this year, this match represents the 3rd-largest age gap between players in a Grand Slam men’s singles final in the Open Era – behind the 2 Grand Slam finals between Jimmy Connors and Ken Rosewall at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1974
18:33 (IST)
Wimbledon LIVE
Did you know?
— Djokovic has not lost to a world No.1 since falling to Andy Murray in the title match at the 2016 ATP Finals.
— Alcaraz is hoping to join countrymen Rafael Nadal and Manuel Santana to win Wimbledon titles. Nadal had won in 2008 and 2010 while Santana had triumphed all the way back in 1966
— This is the first Wimbledon final between the top-two seeds since Djokovic beat Roger Federer in 2019. Overall, it is the first Grand Slam final between top two seeds since Daniil Medvedev and Djokovic had met in the 2021 US Open
18:27 (IST)
Wimbeldon Live
Of the 50 previous Grand Slam finals between the Top 2 seeds in the Open Era, the No.1 seed has won 25 times and the No.2 seed has won 25 times.
18:17 (IST)
Djokovic vs Alcaraz Live
Head-to-head: Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are 1-1 on head-to-head. Both those meetings came on clay. Last year, at ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid, Alcaraz shocked Nadal and Djokovic in the same week. Djokovic, though, got his revenge last month at the French Open. They met in the semi-finals where the Spaniard gave a competitive challenge until the second set before giving in. The 20-year-old accepted he suffered from cramps due to the challenge of facing someone as lethal as Djokovic.
18:08 (IST)
Road to the final
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz have spent almost the same amount of time on court. Rather surprisingly, both had easy semi-final victories in straight sets over two rather tricky opponents on paper (Holger Rune and Jannik Sinner)
18:05 (IST)
More on the Novak Djokovic challenge for Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz's coach Juan Carlos Ferrero: “Little more than we have been doing, there’s no need to create a new routine,” he said. “Today will be a relaxed day: a little bit of gym, be fresh for tomorrow and try to keep him away from the phone, from anything from the outside. That’s our job. I don’t know if we’ll achieve it because it’s a losing battle, but I advised him yesterday to try and stay away from anything that is said about the final. And, of course, to try and enjoy playing and to fight to the death for the match.”
“If we make the giant even bigger it is impossible to beat him,” Ferrero said. “We’re going to take it to him and forget the stats. He’s a player, with two arms and two legs like us. We have to be at 100 per cent to put on a good match, forgetting about history and the numbers. If we take that baggage with us, it [will be] extremely difficult. Carlos has beaten him once and then there was Paris. He has had both experiences. We hope that the third will be better than the previous two.”
“In the end, when you play more times against someone, you learn to handle the rhythm,” Ferrero said. “The situation is similar. Maybe here Djokovic is the favourite and that could benefit Carlos. What we have to do is to get him to play relaxed and fluid. Nobody goes out into a Wimbledon final feeling relaxed from the start, above all because of the difficulties the opponent will create for us.”
Ferrero added: “We have to concentrate more on Carlos, on the problems Djokovic might create for him. We know the level Nole will produce is extremely high. It will kind of depend on Alcaraz’s level.
“The performance he produced against Medvedev was very interesting with a view to Sunday. The opponent is different and the situation is too. In Paris we also had the feeling that he was playing very well and in the end things took a turn for the worse.”
18:02 (IST)
How do you counter the Novak Djokovic challenge?
Carlos Alcaraz admitted to being affected by nerves when he faced Novak Djokovic in the French Open semi-final. After seeing the match level at one set all, the Spaniard started to cramp up in the third and what was a great contest up until then, saw an anticlimactic finish.
"I'll try to pull out all nerves, try to enjoy that moment, because probably in the semi-final at the French Open I didn't enjoy at all in the first set," said Alcaraz, who will talk with his psychologist as part of his preparations for the final. "I'll do something different from that match. I'll prepare the match a little bit different from French Open. It's going to be different for me. I hope not to get cramp during the final. I think I'll be better on Sunday."
"I have to get deep into [my tactics] because Novak has no weakness, so it's going to be really tough to find the way to be danger for him," the Spaniard said. "He's a really complete player. He's amazing. He does nothing wrong on the court. Physically he's a beast. Mentally he's a beast. Everything is unbelievable for him," Alcaraz later added.
17:51 (IST)
Pre-match talk: Novak Djokovic
"I don't think many people expected him to play so well [on grass] because his game is basically built and constructed and developed for clay mostly or slower hard courts. But he's been incredibly successful in adapting to the surfaces and demands and challenges of opponents on a given day," the Serbian said of Alcaraz.
"I see this as a great trait, as a great virtue. I see this as one of my biggest strengths throughout my career, that I was able to constantly develop, adapt, and adjust my game depending on the challenges basically. That's what he's doing very early on in his career."
17:46 (IST)
Pre-match talk: Carlos Alcaraz
"It gives you extra motivation. I think it's more special to play a final against a legend from our sport," Alcaraz said of the matchup. "If I win, it could be amazing for me. Not only to win a Wimbledon title but to do it against Novak would be super special"
17:36 (IST)
Wimbledon Final Live
A look at the two competitors in the men's final: Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic
17:22 (IST)
Wimbledon Final Preview
Novak Djokovic takes on Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon men's singles final. A final that many had wished for two weeks ago when the draw was made. This was the French Open semi-final last month and now we move to a different surface with the title and the World No 1 ranking on the line.
Wimbledon Final Preview: Novak Djokovic is vying for a record-tying eighth Wimbledon singles title and fifth in a row.
Carlos Alcaraz is gunning for his first trophy at the All England Club.
Djokovic wants his 24th Grand Slam title. Alcaraz his second.
There is plenty on the line when Djokovic and Alcaraz meet each other at Centre Court in the Wimbledon final on Sunday.
There’s also this: Alcaraz, a 20-year-old from Spain, is ranked No 1, and Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, is second in the world. In addition to the Wimbledon trophy, the winner will have the top ATP ranking on Monday.
This is a rematch of the showdown between Alcaraz and Djokovic in the French Open semi-finals last month.
The first two sets were terrific, and each man won one. But then Alcaraz was overcome by cramping — he said later he thought nerves were the main cause — and Djokovic took the anticlimactic next two sets.
(with inputs from AP)
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