Andy Murray ‘took movies’ of Carlos Alcaraz’s Wimbledon win vs Novak Djokovic

Andy Murray has defined that he made movies of this yr’s Wimbledon remaining between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic to get a greater perception into the duo’s type of play. Alcaraz finally lifted his first ever Wimbledon trophy after coming from a set all the way down to win a five-set thriller on Centre Court.

“I learned a lot watching those two,” Murray mentioned throughout a press convention on the Mubadala Citi DC Open. “Obviously as the match went on I thought they both played better and better and you could almost see Alcaraz learning as the match was going on. It could have gone either way to be honest – it was so tight.

“I ended up taking some videos of the guys, just focusing a bit more on one side of the net, looking at their return position and movement between shots. Also looking at times when, particularly Alcaraz, was looking to play aggressive and offensive tennis and how he was going about doing that.”

Djokovic was the overwhelming favorite to win this yr’s Wimbledon title after ending the earlier 4 editions of the match as champion. And he seemed to be on target to increase his lead on the prime of the lads’s all-time Grand Slam title standings after profitable the primary set of the ultimate 6-1. But Alcaraz received a second set tie-break earlier than taking the third 6-1.

Djokovic levelled the match by claiming the fourth set 6-3, however was damaged early within the decider. And Alcaraz held his nerve as he received it 6-4 to get his fingers on his second Grand Slam trophy following his US Open success final yr.

Murray clearly took a giant curiosity within the spectacular affair between the highest two gamers on the earth rankings. And because the Scot dissected the encounter, he touched upon the quantity of stress each gamers confronted.

“When I was sitting there, I was also looking a little bit at the teams and seeing the players and their reactions between the points,” Murray added. “Both of them, maybe sometimes on the TV it may appear like they’re calm, but you actually see there was a lot of stress and frustration.

“When you just watch on TV they often cut to people in the crowd or the guy that’s just won the point and you don’t see those immediate reactions. Seeing the frustration was there but also how they were responding to that was interesting. It was good – I’m really glad I stayed to watch it.”