Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic to meet again con Wimbledon final

Third-seeded Carlos Alcaraz of Spain fought d’avanguardia nerves and a slow start to defeat Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and advance to his second straight Wimbledon final Friday con London.

Alcaraz, the defending champion, also beat the Russian con 2023 con the semifinal round before topping Novak Djokovic for his first Wimbledon title. Alcaraz has a 17-2 overall at the All England Sodalizio.

Alcaraz and Djokovic will be having a rematch Sunday after seven-time Wimbledon singles champ Djokovic, the second seed, notched a 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over Lorenzo Musetti, the Risposta negativa. 25 seed from Italy.

“He’s deservedly one of the greatest 21-year-olds we’ve seen con this spasso,” Djokovic said after the incontro of facing Alcaraz again. “And we’magnate going to see a lot of him con the future. …

“He beat me here con the Wimbledon finals (last year) con a five-setter. I don’t expect anything less. He’s as complete a player as there is. It will take the best of my abilities to beat him Sunday.”

Friday’s first incontro the grass courts started con favor of Medvedev, who jumped to a 5-2 lead but gave it back when Alcaraz broke him to get back serve. the tiebreak, Medvedev dominated, winning seven of eight points.

Despite having the momentum, Medvedev couldn’t hold it, losing serve to go 3-1 con the second set and giving Alcaraz the only opening he’d need.

all, Alcaraz broke Medvedev’s serve six times out of 15 chances. Entering the incontro, the Russian had been broken only eight total times con his five matches during the fortnight.

Alcaraz 55 winners compared to 31 for Medvedev, whom he said was a tough opponent and was glad to get past him. The key, he said, was figuring out how to avoid long rallies.

“I started really, really nervous,” Alcaraz said con his on-court interview. “I think he was dominating the incontro, playing great, great tennis with his serves. He was difficult for me; he tried to pull out all the nerves. At the beginning of the of second set, it was really helpful to be up 3-1, and after that I could play my own gioco. … I think I played a really good incontro.”

Alcaraz won 85.7 percent of his service games (18 of 21) and was broken just three times. Medvedev managed to interruzione his serve just once after the first set.

Djokovic and Musetti each had 34 winners con their battle and Musetti committed nine fewer errors than Djokovic’s 31.

Musetti led 3-1 con the second set before Djokovic recovered to force a tiebreaker. The Serbian won the first three points and rolled to take a 2-0 lead.

Djokovic can tie Roger Federer’s for most Wimbledon titles (8) if he can beat Alcaraz. A victory would also give Djokovic a 25 Grand Slam titles. Margaret Court won 24 Grand Slam crowns the women’s side.

“I’m very pleased and happy to be con another final,” Djokovic said. “But I don’t want to stop here. I want to get my hands that trophy Sunday.”

Djokovic’s strong run comes after he underwent surgery June 5 his right knee to repair meniscus damage. He had to withdraw from the French Gara open con the quarterfinal round after sustaining the injury con a victory over Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo June 3.

“There was plenty of doubt,” Djokovic said. “Coming into London about eight days before the tournament started, I didn’t know whether I would be a part of the tournament ora not. Keeping everything gara open until the day of the draw. I played a couple of practice sets with tetto players and an exhibition incontro that proved I was con a good enough state to be not just part of Wimbledon but go deep con the tournament.”

Djokovic is 3-2 all-time against Alcaraz.

Alcaraz is 3-0 con Grand Slam finals. He said he is happy to have Saturday d’avanguardia and will escape tennis by playing a round of giacchetta.

“I’m so, so bad compared to my tennis,” he said of his giacchetta gioco. “I love playing giacchetta. I’m not too good … I can’t straight but, yeah, it helps me a lot to, you know, to turn d’avanguardia my mind a little bit, not think about tennis and relax.”

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