Wimbledon final 2024 Highlights: Alcaraz defends his title, beats Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6

Dominating win by the 21-year-old Spaniard. Alcaraz has defended his title in some fashion. Djokovic was out of answers throughout the match. Only in some moments did one could see Djokovic as we know him. But today was about Alcaraz who kept Djokovic on the backfoot and kept entertaining the crowd with some absolutely brilliant returns. 

2-1: Good rally but Djokovic return can’t clear the net. Alcaraz ahead. 

3-1: Down the line winner by Alcaraz. Absolutely beautiful display of shots here by the young Spaniard. 

3-2: Wide serve by Djokovic and Alcaraz errs on return. 

3-3: Down the line winner by Alcaraz but linesman says its out. Alcaraz challenges and loses it JUST by a whisker. He has lost all his challenges now. 

4-3: Terrific game this. Both Djokovic and Alcaraz stretched wide and Alcaraz finishes on the right with a drop shot. Djokovic was late to reach the ball. 

5-3: Error again by Djokovic. He really is trying to find the winners but can’t control his returns. 

5-4: Wide serve by Djokovic and then returns too wide of Alcaraz. The Spaniard is forced to play it too wide. 

6-4: Beautiful drop once again by Alcaraz. He’s smiling. Djokovic has no answers. 

7-4: ALL OVER. Djokovic errs on return as he hits the net. ALCARAZ DEFENDS HIS WIMBLEDON TITLE.

Wide serve and Alcaraz then catches Djokovic on the run. Smacks a winner down the line. 15-0. Error on return by Djokovic. 30-0. Superb finish by Alcaraz. Picked it right from his toes and the ball just clears the net. Djokovic isn’t able to reach the ball. Error by Djokovic and the set goes into tie break. 

Great cross-court winner by Alcaraz. Djokovic though continues to ask questions. Brilliant serve on the T, forcing Alcaraz to err. Error on return by Alcaraz AGAIN. Djokovic takes the game. 

Djokovic is simply not in control of his game today. Another error on return. Outstanding serve on the T and Djokovic can’t return. Third error and Alcaraz on championship point! Double faults, 40-15. Error on return by Alcaraz. Djokovic survives again. Another mistake by Alcaraz and Djokovic brings it down to deuce! Too many errors by Alcaraz in this game. DJOKOVIC BREAKS! This game isn’t ending anytime soon. 

ALCARAZ absolutely slaps the winner down the line. Djokovic is not even close to the ball. Alcaraz is forcing Djokovic to stay backfoot. Fantastic finish again by Spaniard. Volley, and a cross-court finish. Too good a return game by Alcaraz. He breaks again! 

Error on return by Djokovic and Alcaraz leads 30-0. The Serbian is visibly frustrated. This time the slice didn’t work for Alcaraz and Djokovic hits an easy winner. But Alcaraz finishes the game with an ACE too wide of Djokovic. 

Good service game by Djokovic so far. Not much answers Alcaraz could find. Cross court drop by Djokovic, Alcaraz runs and slides to return but hits too wide. 

Good rally, Djokovic kept attacking body and backhand of Alcaraz. He tries to hit a down the line winner but just a touch too wide off the court. Error on return by Alcaraz, 15-15. Another frustrating finish to a point for Djokovic. Alcaraz slices from the baseline, Djokovic comes to net to return but can’t clear it. Another error by the tennis great. 40-15 to Alcaraz. Alcaraz lobs from baseline. Djokovic leaves it and to his luck, it lands JUST over the baseline. Djokovic slaps a down the line winner to make it deuce. Good rally, Alcaraz uses his slice again to force Djokovic on net and then hits wide. The Serbian chases but can’t control his return. Loud cheers for Novak across the centre court. Brilliant return by Djokovic after forcing Alcaraz to net. Great serve on the T and Djokovic errs on return. Another strong serve and Djokovic once again isn’t able to control the return. Drop shot by Alcaraz but Djokovic is ready and hits a cross-court winner. Alcaraz continues to ask questions. Serves on the T and finishes the game with an ACE! 

Djokovic keeps the ball into the body of Alcaraz. The Spaniard returns too long. Great service game by Djokovic this time. Alcaraz had no answers. 

Alcaraz catches Djokovic on the run after forcing the Serbian to move across the court. 15-0. Djokovic changes his racquet between the points. No change though as Alcaraz asks him to come to net and Djokovic lobs just a bit too wide. Dominance, absolute dominance by Alcaraz here. Keeping Djokovic guessing. 

WOW! Absolutely beautiful passing shot down the line by Alcaraz and Djokovic has no answers to it. Serves on the body and Alcaraz hits a double backhand winner down the line. Djokovic forces Alcaraz to run down with a drop shot. Alcaraz isn’t able to return. ACE! Outstanding serve going away from Alcaraz on the T. Djokovic errs again on drop. 40-30 to Alcaraz. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT return game by Alcaraz. Djokovic though finishes the point. Alcaraz hits another outstanding cross-court winner and Djokovic can only the see the ball going away from him. Djokovic gets to second deuce. Serbian with the advantage as he hits an ACE down the T. Alcaraz gets it down to deuce as Djokovic errs on return, hits the net. Another error by Djokovic, he’s frustrated by himself. Djokovic hits wide and Alcaraz isn’t able to return. Back to deuce. Alcaraz hits a down the line winner, it hits the net though first and Djokovic can’t do much. Fifth deuce, Djokovic with an outstanding wide serve. Djokovic with an advantage as Alcaraz errs on return. He holds his serve as Alcaraz hits his return wide. He celebrates with a roar! Is he back? 

Alcaraz begins his serve game with a double fault. Serves on backhand and Djokovic with a strong return game this time. Alcaraz errs. 30-0. Outstanding down the line winner by Alcaraz. Djokovic was nowhere near. Brilliant game by Alcaraz again! Forces Djokovic to come to net, receives a return on the net, cross-court, and slides to hit the winner down the middle. Alcaraz errs and game goes to deuce. Serves wide, Djokovic manages to return but Alcaraz easily finishes the point with a passing shot. Serves on the body and Djokovic isn’t able to time the return. 

Two points back-to-back for Djokovic. Good start to his third set. Double faults, 15-30. Alcaraz hits too long on return. 40-15 to Djokovic. Much better game for Djokovic. Not much Alcaraz could do. 

Serving for the set. Double faults, 15-0 to Djokovic. Serves close to T and Djokovic errs on return. 15-15. Fast serve, on the backhand and Djokovic has no answers as he errs again. Forced to come down at the net but holds his position well this time, Djokovic, and hits a cross court winner. 40-30. A brilliant wide serve by Alcaraz and he wins the SECOND SET 6-2.

This time Djokovic catches Alcaraz on the run and hits one on the far off the backhand of Spaniard. Brilliant return game by Alcaraz. Djokovic hits a cross-court drop and Alcaraz slides to return and Djokovic ends up hitting it out. 30-30. Frustrating by Djokovic as he hit another one on the net. Double fault by Djokovic and Alcaraz break AGAIN! 

One can sense Djokovic is getting back to his groove but Alcaraz has been on top of the game throughout. Another winner by the Spaniard takes him to 15-0 lead. Drop shot by Alcaraz and Djokovic runs to lob it over, cross-court, but ends up hitting too wide. Error on return by Djokovic. Alcaraz is catching him too early on the run. Easy game for Alcaraz. 

30-0 for Djokovic as he hits an ACE down the T. Brilliant play by Djokovic as he hits powerful down the line and Alcaraz is found on the backfoot. He holds the serve. 

Serves wide and Djokovic is unable to clear the net on return. Another wide serve, Alcaraz asks questions on both back and forehand. Djokovic finally errors as he hits the net. Terrific dominance by Alcaraz here. 40-0. Djokovic catches Alcaraz on backhand and comes towards the net to hit a cross-court winner. But Alcaraz finishes the game with another drop shot. 

Alcaraz is once again leading on Djokovic’s serve. The Spaniard makes an error and Djokovic brings it back to 30-30. Good two points for Djokovic, forcing Alcaraz to move around the court. Terrific drop by Djokovic and he holds his serve. 

Begins his service game with a double fault. 15-0 to Djokovic. Superb drop shot by Alcaraz and Djokovic isn’t able to move from the baseline. 30-15 to Alcaraz. WOW! Classy down the line winner by Alcaraz, Djokovic has no answers. Error on return by Alcaraz, 30-40. Alcaraz double faults, 40-40. Loses a challenge in the process. Outstanding serve on the body and Djokovic can only hit the net on return. Alcaraz is too good with his returns but has got help with Djokovic making errors too often. 

Djokovic keeps Alcaraz’ backhand in play but ends up losing the point as he hits one too long. Another error by Serbian, hits one too long. 30-0 to Alcaraz. Comes back as he serves one too wide and Alcaraz hits long on return. Break point for Alcaraz as Djokovic once again makes an error. HE BREAKS AGAIN! Djokovic is forced to come on the net and isn’t able to clear the ball. 

Bodyline serve by Alcaraz and Djokovic hits the net on return. Double fault by Alcaraz. 15-15. Down the line winner by Alcaraz gets him in the lead 30-15. Djokovic isn’t able to control the marginal calls. Errs on return as the ball hits the top of the net. This time Djokovic has his say as he hits it wide enough for Alcaraz to err on the return. But Alcaraz finishes the game and WINS THE SET 6-2.

Much better rally by Djokovic to take the 30-0 lead in the game. Another strong rally by Serbian to lead 40-0. Alcaraz errs on return and Djokovic holds his serve. 

Alcaraz errs on return to give 15-0 lead to Djokovic. Shrugs off the last point and forces Djokovic to stretch wide off the court and then hits down the ground winner. Longer rally, Alcaraz loses the point though with an error, hitting the net on return. Alcaraz attempts a drop shot but the ball can’t pass the net. 40-30 to Djokovic. Superb serve on the T, pushes Djokovic on backfoot and then smacks down the line. 40-40. Another error by Serbian on return, advantage to Alcaraz. Spaniard hits an ACE to finish the game. 

Alcaraz is dominating Djokovic here. The returns have been spot on. 15-0. Djokovic hits too long on return. 30-0 to Alcaraz. Djokovic finds Alcaraz on the wrong side of the his run. 15-30. Another error by Djokovic and Alcaraz has a break point. Djokovic double faults and Alcaraz breaks him AGAIN!

Serves on the body and then plays a drop to surprise Djokovic, who ends up hitting the net. 40-0 to Alcaraz as he hits an ACE too far away from Djokovic. Serbian errs on return and Alcaraz takes a 3-1 lead by four games. 

Alcaraz looking in phenomenal touch. Superb return game so far. 15-15. And not-so-much by Djokovic as he errs again on return and hits wide. 15-30 to Alcaraz. Djokovic keeps the attack on backhand and Alcaraz hits too long on return. 30-30. Another error on return by Alcaraz and Djokovic ahead by 40-30. Ends the game with an ACE on T. 

Djokovic wins the point with a forehand winner. Alcaraz serves on the T and Djokovic returns too wide. 15-15. Outstanding service by Alcaraz! Serves wide and Djokovic has no answers for it. 40-15. Error on return by Djokovic and Alcaraz holds his serve! 

Serves in the middle of the court, Alcaraz returns well. Rally ends with Djokovic erring on forehand. 15-0 to Alcaraz. Another middle of the court serve and Alcaraz errs on return, 15-15. Lucky shot for Alcaraz as he returns down the ground, the ball hits the net and falls on Djokovic’s side. ACE! On the T and Alcaraz has no response. 40-30 to Djoker. Djokovic errs again, this time too much strength middle of the court and the ball lands outside the baseline. Break point for Alcaraz! Gets Djokovic at the net and hits a down the ground winner. Djokovic brings it back to second deuce as Alcaraz hits the net on return. Djokovic with the game point as Alcaraz errs on return. Djokovic can’t finish as hits wide, Alcaraz brings it back to deuce. Superb return by Alcaraz! Wide serve and Alcaraz hits a forehand winner down the ground. Djokovic comes up with a fast serve and Alcaraz hits it long. Fourth deuce of the game already. Backhand winner by Djokovic and another opportunity to finish the game for the Serbian. Superb net play by Alcaraz and Djokovic is forced to lob over but hits it too long. Back to deuce. Cracking double backhand return by Alcaraz and he’s on his third break point. Alcaraz errs again as his backhand return hits the net. Sixth deuce. Alcaraz forces Djokovic to come down the net and smacks a winner. Seventh duece as Djokovic wins the points with a forehand winner. A long rally and Alcaraz wins the point. Djokovic once again forced to come down at the net and errs on return. ALCARAZ BREAKS IN THE FIRST GAME! 14-minute long game and Djokovic loses. 

Carlos Alcaraz wins the toss and asks Novak Djokovic to serve first. 

Players are warming up. 

Played: 5 | Novak Djokovic: 3 | Carlos Alcaraz: 2

The two players have faced each other five times before including the 2023 Wimbledon final where Alcaraz trumped Djokovic. 

Semifinal: beat Daniil Medvedev 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Quarterfinal: beat Tommy Paul 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Round of 16: beat Ugo Humbert 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5

Third round: beat Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2

Second round: beat Aleksandar Vukic 7-6, 6-2, 6-2

First round: beat Mark Lajal 7-6, 7-5, 6-2

Semifinal: beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 7-6, 6-4

Quarterfinal: beat Alex De Minaur - Walkover

Round of 16: beat Holger Rune 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Third round: beat Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6

Second round: beat Jacon Fearnley 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5

First round: beat Vit Kopriva 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

In India, viewers can watch the live telecast of the men’s singles final of Wimbledon 2024 on the Star Sports Network and stream the matches live on Disney+Hotstar.

The match is scheduled to start at 6:30 PM IST. 

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