Wimbledon final 2023 LIVE: Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz go head-to-head in a thriller at SW19, with the Serbian looking to win his fifth title in a row
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‘I want to be like Rafa Nadal,’ says a 13-year-old Carlos Alcaraz in an old interview that went viral again in Spain this week. On Sunday, he emulates his hero by matching his feat of reaching his first Wimbledon final aged only 20.
‘I want to be like Rafa. He trains very hard and he makes sacrifices,’ the boy who would be king told reporters. He had only just been born when Nadal debuted on the circuit but the twice Wimbledon winner would be an inspiration throughout his formative years.
The second of four tennis-mad brothers (Alvaro, Jaime and Sergio) Carlos started playing when he was just three at the Tenis club in El Palmar in Murcia owned by his father Carlos who had been Murcia Champion in the eighties and number 42 in Spain.
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A topic of discussion at Wimbledon last week was a simple one: what makes Novak Djokovic unbeatable on these lawns?
He’s not got the biggest serve, he’s not got the most effortless forehand, he’s not got the most killer dropshot. And yet here is again. A ninth Wimbledon final. A chance to win five in a row having not lost on Centre Court since defeat to Andy Murray in the 2013 final.
The conclusion was that Djokovic plays like a computer model. A bit like Deep Blue against chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. He learns the opponent’s weakest area and then hits ball after ball after ball into those areas.
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Yesterday Centre Court played host to a thrilling clash between Marketa Vondrousova and Ons Jabeur as both competitors chased their first Grand Slam triumph at SW19.
Having both overcome sizeable odds to book their respective places in the final, the crowd were treated to an emotional clash as Vondrousova became the first unseeded woman ever to triumph in the competition.
Relive all of yesterday’s action with Sportsmail’s recap below:
… and welcome to Sportsmail’s coverage of the 2023 Wimbledon men’s singles final!
We will have all the latest news, updates and analysis right here as Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz go head-to-head on centre court at 2pm in the most prestigious clash of tennis calendar.
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