Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz dethroned Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon on Sunday — besting the Serbian in a five-set match that lasted nearly five hours. It’s the first time a man other than Djokovic has won Wimbledon since 2017 when Roger Federer took home the title.
At just 20 years old, Alcaraz earned a little more than $3 million for the Wimbledon victory — his second Grand Slam title and first with Djokovic in the field. Alcaraz won the 2022 U.S. Open that Djokovoc did not compete in.
Already the No. 1- ranked men’s player, Alcaraz appears to now have a stranglehold on the game, finally besting the 36-year-old Djokovic in a Grand Slam. With the win, Alcaraz denies Djokovic the opportunity to vie for the calendar Grand Slam at next month’s U.S. Open (Djokovic won this year’s Australian and French Opens) — a feat last accomplished in the men’s game by Rod Laver in 1969.
American Dream
Earlier in the tournament, Christopher Eubanks shocked the world by reaching the quarterfinals in his Wimbledon debut — nearly becoming the first American to reach the semifinals in their first run at the All England Tennis & Lawn Club since John McEnroe in 1977.
The 27-year-old was a bright spot for American tennis as Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe — both seeded in the top 10 — were ousted by the third round.
