2023-07-14 17:59:00
“It’s a dream to be able to play a final here, I can’t believe it,” said Alcaraz, who played his first final at Wimbledon on Sunday (3:00 p.m. in the live ticker) – as the third Spaniard after Manuel Orantes (winner 1966 ) and Rafael Nadal (winner 2008 and 2010).
“It will be difficult,” he said with a smile, “but it is a final and there is no time to be afraid. I will fight. I will keep dreaming.”
The young Spaniard left little to burn en route to the second Grand Slam final of his career. The on paper quite close and exciting semi-final pairing between the world number one and Medvedev, who was in third place, turned into a class difference on Center Court.
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The Russian was only able to keep up with the pace and power of the Spaniard at the beginning, but from his point of view he conceded the break in set one at a score of 3: 4 and subsequently gave up the round.
Medvedev’s games bring no advantage
Medvedev apparently noticed that Alcaraz had gotten himself into a flow and took a toilet break after the end of the first set – at that point 35 minutes had been played. “Sky” expert Mischa Zverev also commented quite unusually: “After 35 minutes you shouldn’t have to go to the toilet, there are sentences that last more than an hour.”
The brother of Germany’s number one, Alexander Zverev, suspected a tactical measure behind it. This, however, backfired because Alcaraz continued where he left off and secured the second round 6:3 with a double break.
Some tension only came up in the third sentence, which developed into a real break festival. Alcaraz twice took the serve from Medvedev, who was able to counter each time. The third loss of service to 4: 5 from Medvedev’s point of view was too much for the 27-year-old.
After just 1:49 hours, Alcaraz converted his first match point.
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In the final, the reigning US Open winner now meets the record Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, who is chasing Roger Federer’s record on Church Road (8 titles). The 36-year-old also defeated Jannik Sinner in three sets 6: 3, 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 4) in the semifinals.
The final between Alcaraz and Djokovic is the rerun of the French Open semi-final, which the Spaniard, plagued by cramps, lost 3: 6, 7: 5, 1: 6, 1: 6 to the Serbs almost four weeks ago.
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