Wimbledon 2024 LIVE: Tennis result as sensational Carlos Alcaraz retains title with Novak Djokovic demolition
Alcaraz brilliantly defended his title with a straight-sets win over seven-time champion Djokovic on Centre Court
Carlos Alcaraz is a two-time Wimbledon champion after beating Novak Djokovic for the second year in a row to successfully defend his men’s singles title.
The 21-year-old once again denied Djokovic in his bid to win a record-equalling eighth Wimbledon men’s title, as the 37-year-old fell short in his attempts to win a 25th grand slam.
A year on from his epic five-set triumph, Alcaraz produced a masterclass and claimed a fourth grand slam title with a one-sided destruction of most successful men’s player of all time. Alcaraz dominated from the start and came through a nervy third-set tiebreak after squandering three match points to win 6-2 6-2 7-6 in two and half hours.
Alcaraz becomes just the third man in the Open era to win multiple Wimbledon titles aged 21 or under. The Spaniard now has four grand slam titles, and is just the sixth man in the Open era to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same summer.
Elsewhere, Britain’s Alfie Hewett has won the wheelchair singles title for the first time, defeating Spain’s Martin de la Puente 6-2 6-3 to complete the career grand slam. Hewett put his celebrations on hold as he later teamed up with Reid for a sixth wheelchair doubles victory. Barbora Krejecikova won the women’s singles title yesterday after a three-set win over Jasmine Paolini, while British hopeful Henry Patten won the men’s doubles alongside partner Harri Heliovaara.
Follow all the latest scores and match updates from the Wimbledon men’s final below:
‘I want to keep dreaming’: Carlos Alcaraz on Wimbledon title
Carlos Alcaraz: “Right now, as I said, I’m really happy with the work that I’m doing with my team. I’m really proud about myself, all the things that I’m doing great. I’m really proud about my people around my team.
“Everything we have done already has been unbelievable, an amazing journey so far. As I said, I really want to keep going, to keep improving, to keep growing up, try to keep winning. That’s all that matter for me right now.
“I don’t know what is my limit. I don’t want to think about it. I just want to keep enjoying my moment, just to keep dreaming. So let’s see if at the end of my career it’s going to be 25, 30, 15, four. I don’t know.
“All I want to say is I want to keep enjoy, and let’s see what is the future bring to me.”
Novak Djokovic targets Olympic Games success in Paris
“The Olympic Games and US Open are the two big goals for the rest of the year for me really. I’m hoping I can be at my best on those two tournaments, yeah. That’s all I can say right now.
“I mean, being able to reach the finals of Wimbledon, of course, it’s a great confidence boost. But I also feel like in a matchup today against best player right now in the world for sure, I mean, other than Jannik, and both of them are the best this year by far, I feel like I’m not at that level.
“In order to really have a chance to I guess beat these guys in Grand Slam latter stages or Olympics, I’m going to have to play much better than I did today and feel much better than I did today.
“I’m going to work on it. It’s not something I haven’t experienced before ever in my life. I’ve had so many different experiences throughout my career. In the face of adversity, normally I rise and I learn and get stronger.
“That’s what I’m going to do.”
‘He was just better’: Novak Djokovic on Carlos Alcaraz
“I really think he just was better than me in every aspect of the game: in movement, in the way he was just striking the ball beautifully, serving great, everything.
“I did all I can to prepare myself for this match and this tournament in general. If someone told me I would play Wimbledon finals three, four weeks ago, I would take it for sure. Where I was three, four weeks ago, where I am now...
“Of course, I do feel disappointed. It’s a bitter taste to lose the finals the way I did today. If has to be a success in the end of the day with me and my team playing Wimbledon finals and losing to the best player of the tournament without a doubt. That’s all I can say.”
‘I was inferior’: Novak Djokovic reflects on Wimbledon final defeat
“I was inferior on the court. That’s it. He was a better player. He played every single shot better than I did.
“I don’t think I could have done something much more. Try to pump myself up maybe, yes. Get the crowd involved. That’s what was happening in the third. That got me going a little bit.
“Yeah, he wasn’t also allowing me to have much of a free points on my serve. He was reading the serve. He was playing with a lot of variety.
“I’ve never seen him serve that way, to be honest. 136. Maybe I was missing something this tournament, but I’ve never seen him serve that fast. He must have had a really good serving practice day yesterday).
“Yes, overall he really outplayed me.”
Novak Djokovic reflects on Wimbledon final defeat
“Huge congrats to Carlos. Deserved this win today. He was the better player from the beginning till the end.
“I tried to fight my way in the third and come back, saving three match points, extending really the match a little bit. But I guess it was inevitable for him to win today because he was just coming out on the court with a better quality tennis. It’s as simple as it is.”
BBC commentator Nick Kyrgios giving his thoughts on the final:
“I think last year Alcaraz started really slow but this year was a totally different story, he came out with a lot of energy and there was a 15-minute first game and he got the break and that really set the tone.
“I think Novak started panicking a little bit with the game plan, started serving and volleying, he went to the net probably more times today than he had previously in any other match [in the tournament].
“Djokovic has beaten every great of the game - Federer, Nadal, playing his game style, so coming out today with something completely different was definitely odd. Whether it was him not being able to go physically the way he wanted - maybe he wanted to keep points short. But as I said, Alcaraz was feeling it a little too much.”
Carlos Alcaraz defends Wimbledon title against Novak Djokovic
Carlos Alcaraz entertains the crowd at Wimbledon by revealing the trophy from the balcony:
Alcaraz on Novak Djokovic:
“I’m so nervous in this speech and I forgot to have some words for Novak and his team. It’s been a difficult few weeks for you. You had surgery after the French Open and you didn’t know if you could make the tournament and you made the final.
“It is something difficult to realise that you played points and matches just two weeks after your surgery. Great job and keep going.”
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