Regrets? Novak Djokovic has two.
There was that tiebreaker pretty early in the Wimbledon final on Sunday, when the 36-year-old Serb was one point from taking a two-sets-to-none lead over his 20-year-old opponent, Carlos Alcaraz.
And then there was that missed volley on break point early in the fifth set with all the momentum at that stage going the seven-time Wimbledon champion바카라s way.
바카라Some regrets,바카라 Djokovic said after losing 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in a high-energy and highly entertaining championship match on Centre Court. 바카라I had my chances. I think I could have closed out that second-set tiebreaker better. But credit to him for fighting and showing some incredible defensive skills, passing shots that got him the break in the fifth.
바카라He was a deserved winner today, no doubt.바카라
Djokovic has been a deserved winner on so many occasions in the past. Seven times right here at the All England Club, where he was one victory from matching Roger Federer with a men바카라s record eight titles at the grass-court Grand Slam. And 23 times overall at major championships, tied with Serena Williams for the most in the Open era, which began in 1968.
Back in 2019, for instance, Federer was going for his ninth Wimbledon title while Djokovic was the defending champion. Federer had two match points in the fifth set, but Djokovic saved them both, forced a tiebreaker at 12-12 and then ran away to claim his fifth championship.
바카라I바카라ve won some epic finals that I was very close to losing,바카라 said Djokovic, who had earlier mentioned those match points in his on-court interview during the trophy ceremony. 바카라Maybe this is kind of a fair-and-square deal, I guess, to lose a match like this for me here.바카라
After breezing through the first set on a windy day, the pair traded breaks of serve early in the second ahead of the eventual tiebreaker.
Djokovic took a 3-0 lead, and having won his last 15 tiebreakers in Grand Slam play, it was looking good for the four-time defending champion. But Alcaraz won three straight points, including a 109 mph ace, to get back even. Then, with a set point and Alcaraz serving at 6-5, Djokovic put a backhand into the net. And then another.
바카라The backhands kind of let me down, to be honest,바카라 Djokovic said. 바카라Set point, I missed the backhand. He did play a backhand that was quite long in the court, had a little bit of a bad bounce. But I should not have missed that shot.
바카라Then on 6-all, again, another backhand from middle of the court in the net. Just two very poor backhands. That바카라s it. The match shifted to his side. It turned around.바카라
Djokovic hasn바카라t missed too many of those shots over the years. In fact, his last loss at Wimbledon was way back in 2017 when he retired in the second set from his quarterfinal match with an injury. His last loss on Centre Court was in the 2013 final against Andy Murray.
바카라Beating Novak at his best, in this stage, making history,바카라 Alcaraz said, 바카라being the guy to beat him after 10 years unbeaten on that court, is amazing for me.바카라
That other point Djokovic mentioned? The other regret? That miss was even more surprising 바카라 especially coming from a guy who has made a career of making shot after shot and waiting for his opponents to mess up.
Alcaraz was serving in the second game of the final set and Djokovic had what looked to be an easy volley to break for a 2-0 lead 바카라 the kind of lead he doesn바카라t often relinquish. But his forehand went into the top of the net instead of over it, allowing Alcaraz to recover. In the very next game, the Spaniard broke, giving him the edge he needed to win his second major title after last year바카라s U.S. Open championship.
바카라I managed to regroup and regain the momentum midway in the fourth (set),바카라 Djokovic said. 바카라I felt that the momentum shifted to my side. That was my chance. That was my opportunity. That break point, I think I played a really good point, kind of set up that drive volley.
바카라It was very, very windy today. The wind kind of, yeah, took it to an awkward place where I couldn바카라t hit the smash, I had to hit the drive volley kind of falling back. I saw him perfectly running to the opposite corner. I kind of wanted to wrong-foot him with that drive volley, and I missed.바카라
