It's going to be a great challenge, greatest challenge that I could have at the moment from any angle really: physical, mental, emotional. "I want to take this title without a doubt. We're both playing well," added Djokovic as he looks to become the oldest man in the Open Era to win the grasscourt major. "This is probably the best finals that we could have. I'll do some exercise to stay calm and to forget - or I'll try to forget that I'm going to play a final against Novak."ĭjokovic, locked at 1-1 in their head-to-head record, was looking forward to the challenge too. I hope not to get cramp during the final. "I'll try to get onto the court with not as much nerves as I had in the French Open. He does nothing wrong on the court," Alcaraz said as he bids to end the Serbian's 10-year unbeaten run on Centre Court. While physically he appears to have no weakness, Alcaraz knows he will have to match Djokovic's mental powers if he is to reverse the result from Paris. Would be great if I'll do it."ĭespite his young age, the Spanish top seed has already captured 12 titles and appears to have wasted little time in feeling at home on grass as he demonstrated during his three-set destruction of third seed Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals. "I always say if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. "If I win, it could be amazing for me - not only win a Wimbledon title but do it against Novak would be super special," said U.S. No doubt he would have learnt a lot of life lessons from that distressing episode, and the way Alcaraz has been playing at Wimbledon means the Serbian will face a player that John McEnroe describes as being "better than Federer, Djokovic and Nadal were at 20. Even at the age of 36, there is no sign that Djokovic's aura of invincibility is fading as the Serbian has won six of the last 10 slams.Įven though Alcaraz recently dethroned him from the top of the world rankings, Djokovic is still considered the man to beat and still has the power to turn opponents into nervous wrecks as the 20-year-old Spaniard discovered during their Roland Garros semi-final.Īlcaraz admitted that the stress and tension of facing Djokovic brought on the debilitating cramps that ruined his chances of winning that showdown just five weeks ago.
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