Carlos Alcaraz, the 20-year-old Spaniard, has beaten four-time defending champion Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final of Wimbledon 2023 on Sunday (July 16). Despite losing the first set 1-6, Alcaraz came back to win the second set in a tie-breaker before taking the third set 6-1. Djokovic, meanwhile, fought to force the match into a decider by winning the fourth set but Alcaraz came out on top in the fifth set to clinch the championship winning the final 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
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The World number 1 ranked men's singles player became the fifth youngest man to win a second major title in the open Era. He also became the third youngest man in Open Era to win Wimbledon before turning 21 with the other two being Bjorn Borg and Boris Becker. In addition, Alcaraz became the second youngest player to defeat Djokovic in a major.
It was no mean feat for Alcaraz who was playing just his fifth competition on the grass-court but adapted quickly to the conditions to dethrone the 36-year-old Djokovic who has won the Wimbleton seven times overall. The Serb was chasing his record-extending 24th Grand slam title while this was the first Wimbledon win for Alcaraz.
In a match that lasted almost five hours, there were plenty of tensed moments but eventually Alcaraz reigned supreme against a veteran player who last lost a final here in 2013 against Andy Murray. Prior to this, the head-to-head contest between Djokovic and Alcaraz stood at 1-1 but the two of them had never met on grass court before. The win makes it 2-1 in favour of Alcaraz.