Lian Po is old! When the final ended in a one-sided manner, many people understood the concept of a "16-year age difference"! The trapped beast still fights, and this is very easy to remind people of Federer who has retired, and Nadal who is about to retire. Aren't these tennis legends racing against time and fighting against themselves at the end of their careers?
In the men's singles final last night, Djokovic and Alcaraz met on a narrow road, meeting in the Wimbledon men's singles final for the second consecutive year. But more importantly, Djokovic is just one step away from winning 25 Grand Slam titles, setting an unprecedented record. However, among the various predictions before the game, almost everyone believed that it would be extremely difficult for Djokovic to win.
On the one hand, confidence is at a disadvantage. You know, Djokovic is now 37 years old, and with his knee that has just recovered, physical fitness and injuries are the biggest obstacles on his way to winning the championship. In addition, due to the end of cooperation with Ivanisevic at the beginning of the year, Djokovic also lacks a team core to provide emotional and tactical guidance for his game, which also makes the game even more difficult.
On the other hand, status disadvantage. Alcaraz, who is only 21 years old, has just won the French Open championship. His morale is at a high level, and there are few challenges on his way to promotion. It can be said that such Alcaraz is very scary. It can be said that Djokovic had a very good fortune on the way to promotion. He easily advanced to the quarter-finals without a fight, but it is difficult to mobilize Djokovic's best touch and skills in a game that is too easy. State, from the semi-final match against Musetti, we can see that Djokovic's performance is indeed average.
And as the game started, it also confirmed the speculations made by the outside world before the game. Although there was still a full day's rest between the semifinals and the final, after the start of the match, Djokovic's body still looked particularly tired and his steps were slightly heavy. This sluggish momentum continued into the third set, but the cost was undoubtedly huge. In a Grand Slam final, it is really difficult to come back from 0-2 down.
At the beginning of the third set, although Djokovic improved his condition in the service game, in the ninth game, Djokovic was the first to be broken, and Alcaraz served to win the game. However, Djokovic relied on his tenacious tenacity and experience to save the final points one after another and leveled the match at 5-5. But in the crucial tie-break, Djokovic's mistakes continued unabated and he was ultimately defeated.
Judging from the entire game, Djokovic was completely suppressed. The outside world does not understand why Djokovic insists on netting when his scoring rate at the net is so low, but in fact, Djokovic may think that his knees are not enough to confront Alcaraz at the bottom line, and Fighting a war of attrition will only make us more passive.
But from another perspective, Alcaraz’s serve today was definitely well prepared, and the problem of the outer corners of the first area that had been criticized before was solved. However, what's more important is that in many of his second serves, he chose to chase the ball. After restricting Djokovic's baseline position, he chose to serve short, which also put Djokovic in a dilemma. . There is no doubt that this is the "strength of the team". Alcaraz was well prepared before this final and had a very thorough understanding of Djokovic's style of play and the tactics he might use.
This statement was also affirmed by Djokovic after the game. He said that Alcaraz performed extremely perfectly today. Even though the game was over, he still didn't think he could do more. Looking back on the entire game, he believed that in the third set, he tried to be more excited and not to keep his mood depressed. But Alcaraz's subsequent performance was stunning, not allowing him many free points on his serve. At the same time, Djokovic also said that Alcaraz has been reading his serve and knows his serve well. The opponents played very diverse tactics today. Finally, he admitted, “Honestly, I’ve never seen him serve like that."
Looking back on everything he has experienced this season, Djokovic said frankly, "They are undoubtedly the best this season, and I have not yet reached the same level. If I want to beat them in the final stages of a Grand Slam or the Olympics, I have to play much better than I did today. Of course, it’s not like I haven’t experienced these things before – generally speaking, when faced with difficulties, I will stand up again, think and become stronger, and this will be what I will do next. "
So, how should we evaluate such a game? In the three Grand Slam events that have happened this year, the Australian Open lost to Sinner, the French Open lost to injury, and Wimbledon lost to Alcaraz, maybe It also confirms the sentence, "The 2024 season is the twilight of the gods and the replacement of the new king. "
In this process, we can feel the "ordinaryness" of Djokovic: trapped by emotions, trapped in self-struggle, fighting exhausted and constantly licking his wounds. But we can also discover his " "Extraordinary": amazing recovery speed, miraculous comebacks, getting back up again and again, amazing willpower and desire to fight. Therefore, I also believe that Djokovic can not only "create miracles", he can also become A miracle, because he is a miracle. I hope he can realize his dream in the last Grand Slam tournament of the year! Let's wait and see!
At the end of the article, I am very emotional. Today is the first anniversary of my return to Tennis Home. Last year was Wen. The tennis finals are here again this year, and time flies by so fast! I hope that I will be with you all the way in the future and continue to create valuable, meaningful and personalized articles! (Source: Tennis Home Author: Lu Xiaotian)
