The grass of Wimbledon was conquered twice by Rafa Nadal. It was a complicated territory for Spanish tennis. Federer and Djokovic moved much better at the All England Club in London. Of that Big Three, only Novak Djokovic remains, the Serb who was not wanted at Wimbledon, was motivated in every match by the boos and reached another final against Carlos Alcaraz.
Irregular seasons for both players, but the Spaniard had overcome his injuries to beat the Parisian ground again and arrived at Wimbledon to conquer the British grass.
A 3-0 in two and a half hours left everyone with their mouths open. Tom Cruise couldn’t believe it and Kate Middlelton was grateful for a short final to avoid further setbacks to her health. Alcaraz hardly gave options to Djokovic, who, when he wanted to compensate with a good point, the player from Murcia had already scored three more without warning.
Djokovic had already won Wimbledon seven times and that was noticeable in his press conference afterwards where he did not seem angry or sad. Just grateful to the tournament and eager to congratulate Alcaraz. The Serb is 37 years old and has a short career ahead of him, although his body is holding up better than Nadal’s. Matches like this Wimbledon final are the ones that make the great players wake up from their reality after feeling the strength of those who come from behind.
Nadal was never expected in this tournament because his last hope will be the Olympic Games in Paris with Carlos Alcaraz in doubles and we will see his individual role in this clay that surrenders to him.
Carlos Alcaraz’s tennis is already measured in titles, his ceiling is rising and his demands will be greater every season. In Wimbledon there have been seven matches and only the one against Tiafoe went to the fifth set, the first two matches against Lajal and Vukic were resolved with an overwhelming 3-0 that nobody expected and much less in a great final against an expert like Novak.
The worst thing for Carlos was not being able to follow Spain in the final against England. He finished early to watch the football between media attention and physical recovery. The good news is that the Spaniard will join the Spanish delegation in Madrid and together they will show the fans their titles, all won on a glorious Sunday afternoon in July.
