Carlos Alcarazwho this Sunday will fight to conquer Wimbledon ante Novak Djokovic, is, with the numbers in hand, even more reliable than the Serbian when there is a title at stake because won 78.6% of finals who played as a professional -11 of 14- and the one from Belgrade 70.5% -93 of 132-.
It is one more statistical fact, yes, but it has its importance and it is reflection of the behavior of the young Murcian tennis player that, at the age of 20, he has already given more than enough account of his solvency in the matches from which a champion comes out.
Alcaraz, who in the semifinals passed over the Russian Daniil Medvedev Endorsing the number 3 in the international ranking a triple 6-3 in just 1 hour and 49 minutes, he will face a Djokovic who suffered a little more to overcome, also in three sets, the Italian Jannik Sinner, eighth player on the list, by 6 -3, 6-4 and 7-6 (4).
A superb Alcaraz will play the Wimbledon final against Djokovic after sweeping Medvedev
This Sunday will be the fifteenth ATP final for Alcaraz and the seventh of the season. Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil has won 11 of the 14 disputed so far, representing 78.6% of successes with trophies at stake, and five of six this season.
46 wins and 4 losses
This year his overall baggage is 46 wins and only 4 losses and he has 11 consecutive wins, all on grassa streak that began just after losing in the semifinals of Roland Garros on July 9 precisely against Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 1-6 and 1-6 in a match in which he played the last two sets visibly cramped.
The Serb was beaten by the tennis player from El Palmar in the other clash in which the two crossed paths. It was in the semifinals of the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open and Alcaraz came from behind to win 6-7 (5), 7-5 and 7-6 (5) in a tournament in which he lifted the trophy.
Those 11 victories with which Alcaraz arrives launched were produced playing in London, the six he has at Wimbledon and the five with which he conquered the ATP 500 at Queen’s with a double 6-4 against the Australian Alex de Minaur.
That was his last final and before that he won those of the Masters 1.000 de Indian Wells (6-3 y 6-2 and Medvedev) and Madrid (6-4, 3-6 and 6-3 against German Jan Lennard Struff), the ATP 500 de Barcelona (6-3 and 6-4 to the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas) and the Buenos Aires ATP 250 (6-3 and 7-5 to the British Cameron Norrie) while lost the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro (7-5, 4-6 and 5-7 against Norrie).
The ‘Nole’ experience
Obviously Djokovic, 36, is much more experienced in finals and took 93 of the 132 he played as a professional, that is, 70.5%.
This season the Balkan, who played less than Alcaraz, He has a 33-4 win-loss record and 13 consecutive victories, the seven with which he won the Roland Garros tournament on clay and the six he accumulates on the Wimbledon grass.
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in this 2023 Nole prevailed in the three finals he reachedthose of the Grand Slams of Australia (6-3, 7-6 (4) and 7-6 (5) to Tsitsipas) and Roland Garros (7-6 (1), 6-3 and 7-5 to Norwegian Casper Ruud) and that of the ATP 250 of Adelaide (6-7 (8), 7-6 (3) and 6-4 to the American Sebastian Korda).
As for Grand Slam finals, the Spaniard won the only one in which he was until todaythat of the US Open, while the Serbian prevailed in 23 of 34.
The player trained by Goran Ivanisevic will look for his eighth Wimbledon titlewhich would be the fifth in a row, while Alcaraz will play his first final at the All England Club in the English capital.
An exciting duel is presented and quite balanced priori, the best that can be seen today on a tennis court between the world number 1, which is the Murcian, and the 2, his rival. Now Carlos appears ahead with an 80-point advantage -8,875 compared to 8,795 in the live classification- but the top will be occupied by the winner this Sunday.
2023-07-15 10:08:11
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