Novak Djokovic in tears as Carlos Alcaraz Wimbledon loss branded Federer revenge
Novak Djokovic was in tears after struggling a five-set heartbreaker to Carlos Alcaraz. The Serb was going for his eighth Wimbledon title and hadn’t misplaced a match right here since 2017. But the highest seed simply edged him 2-6 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 6-4. After the match, Djokovic admitted he should not have defeated Roger Federer in 2019 and mentioned this defeat made him “even”.
Djokovic suffered his first defeat on Centre Court in a decade as Alcaraz managed to stun the king of Wimbledon in 5 units. The 23-time Major champion raced by way of the primary set in half an hour for the lack of only one recreation earlier than the 20-year-old settled in and took a two-set-to-one lead.
The Serb managed to power a fifth and admitted that it was powerful to lose after being so shut. His younger son Stefan watched on from his field all through the four-hour-and-42-minute epic and Djokovic was in tears as he addressed his household.
“Yeah it’s nice to see my son still there still smiling,” he mentioned earlier than stopping his on-court interview to cry. Through tears, he added: “I love you, thank you for supporting me and I give you a big hug and we can all love each other.”
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