Alcaraz Dominates Djokovic in Wimbledon Final Rematch | Monday Match Analysis

On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross dissects a wildly successful Wimbledon final rematch for Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Novak Djokovic in straights to win his 4th career major and become the youngest to win the Channel Double. We'll break down the crucial opening game, how Alcaraz was superior offensively and defensively, the keys to the 21-year old's win and what to takeaway from Djokovic's run given his surgery just a few weeks prior to the fortnight.

0:00 Intro
4:05 Critical 1st Game
11:20 Offense Defense Dynamics
22:09 Alcaraz Performance Keys
28:10 Djokovic Takeaways
35:52 Alcaraz Conclusion

Gill Gross provides in-depth ATP tennis analysis. Match breakdowns, draw previews, the latest news, and other tennis insights...

[Zeroasd]

I think most people did not give Alcaraz the respect he deserved given his talents, his dominant form, Djokovic's injury and most importantly, how sharp Alcaraz was at sensing that Djokovic was a wounded animal.

Alcaraz played like he knew he was the clear better player. There was no mercy and hiccups except the 4 match point on serve.

It is time we think about Alcaraz differently whenever he plays Djokovic

[divinitymode]

You don’t often see a perfect performance in a slam final but that’s what we got. Novak looked beaten from the start. Alcaraz looked like the winner from the moment he walked on court. Given how Novak demolished Musetti in the SF it just shows what kind of insane level and pressure Alcaraz achieved. The kid is a genius.

[fedfoofy]

I need Gill to keep on predicting Alcaraz to lose so that he keeps winning 😂

[caomtri]

Alcaraz played like a man on a mission. Djokovic had zero chance.

[ZetaCheese]

Its funny how many people were writing off Carlitos as a two slam fluke at the beginning of the year. Now, he’s in a position where he can cement himself as the de factor best player on tour with a dominant 3 slam sweep

[SJ-dizu]

When Djokovic serve and volleyed that whole first game, I had a feeling he was cooked

[aakwasiful]

Gill Gross, you must accept that your prediction was wrong. Your preview could not have been farther from the truth. You simply got it wrong but the fact that tennis does this to some of the best minds in the game is what makes me love this game.

[JayneBangert]

Carlos still has areas to improve - scary

[JH-bbin]

LMAO Gill, when you picked Djokovic - I FKING KNEW Alcaraz will win. THANK

[slc]

Amazing to see Carlos power through to major #4!

[Fontsman-]

This match showed a psychological sea change. Carlos looked extremely calm, whilst Djokovic looked very nervous. The long first game, set the scene. Carlos broke and just played beautifully from that point onwards.

[quest]

The scary part about Alcaraz is that he still has improvement to make in terms of serve, return and game management. He has so many elite qualities but he isn’t a finished product…and that is scary! This kid (if he can remain injury free) could end up with 15+ Majors easily. His ceiling is up to him.

[Profesah_]

Too much pace and too smart. Going to take something special to beat him when he’s on his game. Wow. I’m stunned

[AnnaWhite-gonz]

I didn’t mind if Alcaraz or Djokovic won. I did hope for Djokovic. But so many ppl wrote off Carlos late last year and this year everyone was gasping over sinner .
I kept fighting back in the comments and saying, sinner is good. But he isn’t dynamic in movement and weak legs, watch Alcaraz come back. Don’t underestimate this guy. And here we are. Sinner lacks the athleticism and dynamic force that Carlos inherently has, he can’t train to have this, this is an energy at birth. Just like passion it’s an innate energy. That simple

[profoundgreetingsfromneptune]

I knew Djokovic didn't have the self-belief he could beat Carlos when he half-joked in his post-match presser after his semi-final against Musetti that "Carlos has plenty of time to win many majors, so maybe he can just give me this one/let me have this one." And if that weren't enough, Nole looked very nervous just before both stepped on court.

[Meko]

Alcaraz silenced all the people doubting on his genius. I hope that now on they will show him some respects.

[TuningintotheOneBLN]

Old fashioned beat-down. Nole got spanked & Carlos played at an INSANEly high level! WOW! Third set was competitive! Again - WOW! Thanx Gill. Cheers, Milan

[ManuelM-fh]

Gill I extract from your analysis that Djokovic lost becases of his form or faults but none because Alcaraz was simply better in everything.Merit to Alcaraz who is the best out there now.

[ChrisTennis]

I thought some of Novak's errors were uncharacteristic of him, not clinical as you often said, this is to Alcaraz's credit, he got into Novak's head

[Chris-bgvi]

Alcaraz the Big ONE! At 21.2 years young 4 GS... Only B. Borg can match it in tennis history...