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It’s almost time to watch the Alcaraz vs Djokovic live stream to see who takes the 2023 Wimbledon men’s final. The top two seeds meet in a mouth-watering encounter as Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz looks to deny Novak Djokovic winning a record-equalling eighth title at SW19 and 24th Grand Slam single’s title.
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The Serbian has not lost on Centre Court since 2013 and has not been beaten in a completed match at Wimbledon since 2016, but will face a massive test in Sunday’s final. Alcaraz has been able to adapt his game to suit the grass courts at the All England Club and possesses the power, consistency, and deft touch at the net to cause even an all-time great serious problems. The Alcaraz vs Djokovic live stream will start at approximately 9 a.m. ET / 2 p.m. BST.
Djokovic will be appearing in a record 35th Grand Slam final and has enjoyed a relatively serene path to the second Sunday at Wimbledon. The 36-year-old has lost just two sets along the way and breezed past big-hitting Italian Jannik Sinner 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-4) in the semi-finals. Mentally strong, physically fit, and still absolutely unrelenting, the Serbian is determined to eclipse all records and seems to be enjoying the challenge presented by the game’s rising stars.
For Alcaraz, it’s his first Wimbledon final and the opportunity to cement his status as the best player in the world. The 20-year-old is the world number one and already has one major title to his name, having won last year’s US Open, but there were doubts before the tournament began as to whether he could excel on grass. Those have been brushed aside in emphatic fashion, especially during his clinical 6-3 6-3 6-3 victory against Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev on Friday.
Playing in only his fourth professional tournament on grass, Alcaraz is now confident with his footwork and has improved drastically at the net. Combine this with his booming groundstrokes and powerful serve, and he’s looked unstoppable. However, having thrived in the same era as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, there will be little for Djokovic to fear – and you can guarantee he will look to impose his game on the young challenger.
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Date: Sunday, July 16
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Djokovic paid quite a compliment to Alcaraz.
Before they’ll face each other in the Wimbledon final on Sunday, Djokovic was asked to size up Alcaraz — and he compared the kid to himself.
Pretty good company.
It is a showdown pitting one of the greatest players ever — many consider him THE greatest — in Djokovic, who is 36, against a rising new star in Alcaraz, who is 20. It is the widest age gap between two men’s Grand Slam finalists since 1974, and Djokovic would become the oldest male champion at Wimbledon in the Open era.
Alcaraz is ranked No. 1, Djokovic is No. 2 (but has spent more weeks at No. 1 than anyone else, man or woman).
They showed they’re a cut above the rest with straight-set victories in Thursday’s semifinals: Alcaraz never gave No. 3 Daniil Medvedev a chance while beating him 6-3, 6-3, 6-3; Djokovic had a few tough spots he had to navigate but eliminated No. 8 Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Medvedev went so far as to put Alcaraz in the category of the so-called Big Three of men’s tennis: Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
Djokovic has won 23 Grand Slam titles, more than any man in the century-plus history of tennis, and is seeking his men’s-record-tying eighth at Wimbledon, including fifth in a row.
Alcaraz is a generational talent, the first teenager to finish a year atop the ATP rankings. He won last year’s U.S. Open and now is bidding for a second major championship.
The future of men’s tennis is here and now, and he is called Carlos Alcaraz. In the age of the power baseliner, Alcaraz plays like no one else on tour. Already world No 1 at the age of 20, the Spaniard showed in his straight-sets semi-final win against Daniil Medvedev on Friday that he is a complete, multidimensional player, if anyone doubted it.
The speed of his development has astonished close watchers of the game. In September 2022, Alcaraz became the first teenager since Rafa Nadal in 2005 to win a grand-slam title, the US Open, and he has improved rapidly since then.
Have you ever seen anyone hit a forehand harder than that? John McEnroe gasped during the demolition of Medvedev, the world No 3, who had thrashed Alcaraz at Wimbledon two years earlier.
Enzo Couacaud, a 28-year-old Frenchman ranked No 158 in the world, should give himself a little pat on the back as he prepares to try to qualify for the Nordea Open on the clay courts of Bastad, Sweden. He may be more than 600 miles from the focus of the tennis world at Wimbledon this afternoon but he holds a considerable honour on tour as the only man to win a tie-break against Novak Djokovic at a grand-slam tournament this year.
Since Djokovic lost the second-set tie-break 7-5 in his Australian Open second-round match against Couacaud on January 19, he has embarked on one of the great streaks in tennis. His run of 15 consecutive tie-breaks won in grand-slam contests has comfortably surpassed Pete Sampras’s open era record of 12 in 1994.
There could be more to follow on Centre Court today when the 36-year-old Djokovic takes on Carlos Alcaraz, 20, in a mouthwatering final. As much as the Serb would prefer to ease through the sets for the loss of only a few games, he will back himself to prevail should a tie-break be required. For much of his 20-year professional career, he has been a master of peaking when it matters most.
