Novak Djokovic finds Rafa Nadal substitute in Carlos Alcaraz as duo meet once more

Novak Djokovic might have discovered a brand new ‘rivalry’ to interchange previous foe Rafael Nadal within the type of Carlos Alcaraz because the pair put together to satisfy as soon as once more within the Cincinnati Masters ultimate. With Nadal saying subsequent 12 months will seemingly be his final in skilled tennis, the boys’s facet of the sport has been searching for that subsequent famous person rivalry.

Despite being 36 years of age, Djokovic stays on the pique of his powers and is all the time seen as the person to beat. But the previous 12 months has seen Alcaraz realise his full potential and take the tennis world by storm.

The budding rivalry between the highest two ranked gamers within the males’s recreation first started finally 12 months’s Madrid Open as Alcaraz outlasted Djokovic to win a three-set thriller. Djokovic would get his revenge a 12 months later at Roland Garros as he managed to get previous a cramping Alcaraz.

Both have been a league above the remainder of the sphere at Wimbledon as they performed out one of many biggest finals in fashionable historical past earlier than the Spaniard gained his first SW19 title. And the pair are set to satisfy within the third consecutive match they’ve each performed in.

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