For Alcaraz, maybe he will, in time, ascend to the tennis Pantheon But it’s much too early to be sure of that 🖋️ Simon_Kelner for ipaperviews
Minutes earlier, as the final was slipping away from him, Djokovic was so angry and frustrated that he effectively tried to chop down the oak net post with his racquet when he lost his serve in the fifth set.
Yet here he was, a microphone in front of him, his sweat barely dried and the taste of disappointment mint-fresh, eager to praise the victor but equally keen to put his own defeat in historical context. Annabel Croft, conducting the interview, put it aptly when she addressed Djokovic by saying that he had “really left [his] heart and soul out there on the Centre Court for nearly five hours”.
Until that point, however, there was something about his manner that seemed to contradict the popular narrative that his defeat represents a changing of the guard in world tennis, and that enduring glory is Alcaraz’s for the taking. True greatness in sport comes from the compound of supreme talent with longevity, and Djokovic, at 36, knows this as well as anyone.of Sunday’s defeat against past joys.
“I have been blessed with so many incredible matches throughout my career so this is just another one in the history books for me,” he said. And: “I won many, many close matches in the past… maybe I should have lost a couple of finals that I won, so I think this is Even Steven [sic].”
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