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Alcaraz now has four Grand Slam trophies with a
perfect record in major finals, after his two Wimbledon
triumphs, his U.S. Open victory in 2022 and his French Open win
last month.
Defeat denied Djokovic a 25th Grand Slam title to surpass
Margaret Court in the all-time list and also equal Roger
Federer's haul of eight men's singles titles at Wimbledon.
Alcaraz pounced on his fifth break point in a tight first game
that lasted 14 minutes, before the 21-year-old third seed
dropped the hammer and powered through the opening set on the
back of some solid serving.
Second seed Djokovic came under more pressure at the start of
the next set as Alcaraz bullied the 37-year-old in the early
exchanges to break and capitalised on his service woes for an
imposing two-set lead.
Djokovic and Alcaraz went toe-to-toe until 4-4 in the third set
before the Spaniard broke with a big backhand winner to take a
5-4 lead. However, despite being 40-0 up, he squandered three
match points and dropped serve.
He tamed his nerves to clinch victory in the tiebreak when
Djokovic crashed a return into the net.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in London, editing by Pritha
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