Two weeks of competition, six rounds to reach the position reserved for the privileged, the best. Wimbledon 2023, distributed from July 3 to 16, will close with the dream climax, the men’s final that everyone wants. Also the most logical reason Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic They have been playing in another league for the past few months.
On Sunday, July 16, at 3 pm, the leader of the new generation, 20 years old, will face the survivor of the ‘Big 3’, when he retires. Roger Federer and with Rafael Nadal sick leave due to injury. SA Novak Djokovicat 36 years old, taking advantage of the race to become the best in history in volume.
The Serbian is the man with the most Grand Slam titles, 23 after signing his treble at Roland Garros. This is a shot of the Australian’s absolute record of 24 Margaret Court.
In the finals, the 35th (9th at Wimbledon), he left the American Chris Evert, who added 34. Roger Federer remained at 31, Rafa Nadal had 30.
Alcaraz, a luxury rookie at Wimbledon as he has already won the 2022 US Open, will be up against a legend chasing an eighth title that would allow him to equal the record of Roger Federerfifth in a row in the Helvetian and Swedish manner Bjorn Borg.
The Spaniard played twelve games in three appearances at Wimbledon, the Serbian, who competed in 102 (92-10), has 34 consecutive unbeaten records. He hasn’t conceded since the 2017 quarterfinals, when an elbow injury led to his withdrawal against the Czech. Thomas Berdychin the middle court has not known a defeat since 2003.
Alcaraz and Djokovic They will also decide who will emerge as number one of the All England Club, whether Carlitos will continue at the top of the ranking or give up the position, as happened at Roland Garros.
Alcaraz, 20 years and 55 days, will become the third youngest professional champion of the tournament, after the German. Boris Becker (18 years old) and the Swedish Bjorn Börg (20 and 27 days). Rafael Nadal He played in the first of his three consecutive finals with the Roger Federer, bearing fruit in 2006 with 20 years and 36 days.
Djokovic he will be the oldest Wimbledon champion at 36 years and 55 days. Federer He is 35 and 342 days into his 2017 feat.
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the czech Marketa Vondrousova24 years old and world number 42, and the Tunisian Ounce Jabeur28 and nº 6, will be played this Saturday (3:00 pm) to replace the Kazakh woman on the list of Wimbledon winners Elena Rybakinawhere the aspiring to become the first African champion of the tournament and the Grand Slam got revenge.
Jabeur eliminated his executioner in the 2022 final, he will also not face the taker at the US Open from his months later, the one who will go on to become world No. 1, the Polish Iga Swiatek.
Third time for the talented North African tennis player. Vondrousova also claimed her second, prize-free finalist at Roland Garros 2019 against the Australian Ash Barty. You want to imitate your peers Jana Novotna and Petra Kvitovawho lifted the trophy, the exotic Venus Rosewater Dish.
The Olympic runner-up, left-handed, has been reborn after major injuries, including a double wrist operation. He is world number 1 junior. It does not appear out of nowhere vondrousova, the tennis player with many tattoos on his arms. He has beaten Jabeur twice this season, in Australia and Indian Wells, although he bows out on the Eastbourne grass, in 2022.
Next, doubles final, with the Spanish Marcel Granollers and the Argentine Horace Zeballos against No. 1, the Dutchman wesley koolhoff and the british Neal Skupski.
Granollers, to become the first Spanish champion in men’s doubles, something he did not achieve in 2021 with Zeballos, or Sergio Casal-Emilio Sánchez in 1987 and Eduardo Flaquer/Marquis de Gomar in 1923.
Source: La Verdad
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