Carlos Alcaraz has won the title in Wimbledon in the past two years. After his phenomenal triumph in the final of the French Open against Jannik Sinner, the Spaniard is again a big favorite. Flashscore and AFP take a look at the three big topics in front of the grass Grand Slam in the All England Club.
Alcaraz – or Sinner?
Carlos Alcaraz has a historical chance: he could become the fifth man in the open era, who wins three Wimbledon titles in a row. So far, this feat has only been successful Björn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. In the past two years, Djokovic has also been Alcaraz’s final opponent.
The 22-year-old is in excellent constitution. After his triumph in the historical final of the French Open against Jannik Sinner, there are apparently no limits. Within almost five and a half hours he celebrated a memorable comeback victory-4: 6, 6: 7 (4: 7), 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 3) and 7: 6 (10: 2) was the final score.
Just two weeks later, he secured the title in the London Queen’s Club (after 2023) for the second time – he also arrived in Wimbledon at an early stage to get used to the conditions.
Sinner is still number one in the world, but has revealed weaknesses when he started in Halle/Westphalia. In the round of 16, he surprisingly left Alexander Buthik. The defeat blends into the overall picture in a coherent way: the 23-year-old South Tyrolean has had hardly any significant success on lawn.
In 2024 he got his only lawn title in Halle, in Wimbledon he made it into the semi-finals in 2023-otherwise it was always the end of the quarter-finals at the latest. Jannik’s favorite covering remains hard court.
Can Djokovic write history again?
38 years old – and Novak Djokovic is still able to play tennis at the highest level. In the quarter -finals of Roland Garros, he brought Germany’s figurehead Alexander Zverev to despair, after which the Serb had to give up Jannik Sinner.
Djokovic is one of the best lawn players ever. Accordingly, he can also be expected in Wimbledon, where he has already secured the title seven times – most recently in 2022. The final in 2019 remained particularly good when he kneeled Roger Federer after five hours of hard work.
Although the veteran is gradually approaching his retirement-but he has still not given up the big goal of the 25th Grand Slam title. After all, he only secured his 100th career title on the ATP tour a few weeks ago when he grabbed the trophy in Geneva (sandplace).
Murray’s legitimate successor?
The All England Club recently announced plans to want to honor the two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray with a statue on the site-honor who is honored. After all, the Scotsman is one of the best British tennis players of all time, a total of 41 weeks he led the world rankings.
A player who could step into the footsteps of the now 38-year-old is Jack Draper. In spring, the left-hander in Indian Wells secured his first title at a Masters event. In Madrid he made it to the final.
Draper has now established himself at the highest level and is in fourth place in the ATP ranking. The semi-finals at the ATP-500 in his hometown London against Jiri Lehecka did not break off the English’s ambitions.
“I felt the support from my own country all week, that is a real advantage and drives me up“, says Draper, who has never got beyond the second round in Wimbledon. Thanks to his good shape and an explosive style of play, he can definitely be trusted to top this result.
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