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Carlos Alcaraz triumphs at Australian Open and completes Grand Slam: Novak Djokovic knocked out

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Carlos Alcaraz triumphs at the Australian Open. The world and seeded number one beats Novak Djokovic, number four in the ATP rankings and seedings, in four sets with a final score of 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5 after just over three hours of play. For the Murcian phenomenon this is the first title in Melbourne, allowing him to complete the Carrer Grand Slam (he had already won two Roland Garros, two Wimbledon and two Us Open). For Nole, on the other hand, the appointment with the 25th Slam title evaporates one’other time.

Luca GiorgettiZverev in the middle of the match makes a resounding outburst on Sinner and Alcaraz : photos

Zverev, sensational outburst on Sinner and Alcaraz in mid-match
The German tennis player didn’t send them his way during the match against the Spaniard at the Australian Open
In the third set, Alcaraz went into trouble on the score of 4-4 due to a leg problem
The Iberian went into great pain, continued to play but practically on one leg

Alcaraz thus asked for a medical timeout, to have his leg treated by the physical therapist
Zverev complained harshly to the chair judge and then to the supervisor
According to German, Alcaraz has cramps and cannot be treated
The German tennis player was furious with the supervisor: "It' unbelievable that he is being treated for cramps"
Zverev in his rant also brought up Jannik Sinner
"You are protecting these two boys at all times", said Zverev to supervisor
In recent days there'had been controversy during the match between Sinner and Spizzirri

The'organization had decided to close the roof of the arena just as the Italian was suffering from cramps

Alcaraz eventually prevailed over Zverev, beating him in five sets

Djokovic’s start with a bang as he took the serve away from Alcaraz as early as the fourth game: the Serb was much more aggressive than the Spaniard and at the third useful opportunity he hit the jackpot, going up 3-1. Nole confirmed the break with a pair of aces and repeated it in the eighth game, closing the first partial 6-2. Immediately Carlitos’ reaction in the second set: in the third game the Spaniard gets the break thanks to a Djokovic volley error and he repeated it in the seventh game, before taking the second partial with the same score: 6-2.

Even in the third partial the balance is broken early and once again in favor of the world number one: Alcaraz breaks Djokovic’s serve in the fifth game and confirms the break lead (4-2). In the ninth game, the fourth seed cancels four set points for Carlos but the fifth is the good one for the Murcian who goes ahead by a set. The fourth set is the most balanced but Alcaraz places the decisive stretch in the final moment winning the last two games.

Thanks to this success Alcaraz won his seventh career Grand Slam title, joining champions of the caliber of Mats Wilander and John McEnroe. For Djokovic, however, it was his first defeat in the final in Melbourne where he boasted an incredible record of 10 wins out of 10.

Alcaraz, at 22 years and 272 days, is the youngest player in history to have completed the Career Grand Slam. In addition, he is the ninth all-time player to do so, the fourth in the new millennium after Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

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