Wimbledon 2024 recap: “It looks like he will be one of the tennis greats” Reaction to remarkable Carlos Alcaraz as he retains title against Novak Djokovic
As Wimbledon fought off the classic British summer to play through as many watched some of the greatest in the sport go head to head and it possibly marking a change in tennis tides. We’re looking back on the action from what was another fantastic tournament.
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00:00So, Penny, obviously, we're on the back of Wimbledon 2024. Obviously, Alcraz retaining
00:09the title there. There's not many who have actually done that in the Open era. It's quite
00:14a fantastic achievement. Firstly, let's just touch on the tournament as a whole. Obviously,
00:19some days were sort of rained off and fans had to bear with, but the tennis eventually
00:26was fantastic as always.
00:28Yeah, it was a bit of a damp squib in the beginning. I mean, there wasn't huge, huge
00:32delays, but still, I think the atmosphere was a little bit, when the weather's not so
00:36great, it's a bit, you know, miserable around the grounds, a little bit grey. But I was
00:41there on day two. And that was the day that Andy Murray was supposed to play. And I could
00:46not believe the number of people on site. I don't think I've ever seen it that busy,
00:50like the outside courts. You know, they had six, seven lines of people trying to peer
00:56into every single match. I saw Mazzetti's first match outside and you just couldn't
01:01even get from A to B without having to squish past people.
01:05And obviously, the man of the moment, Carlos Alcraz, just an incredible achievement. He's
01:12obviously come out and said he wants to sit among the big boys by the end of his career.
01:16He's obviously only 21. He's, you know, well, he's won these before 21 or younger. It's
01:23just an incredible achievement. And also the improvement from last year's final. Obviously,
01:27it was a lot closer last year. Yes, Djokovic, wasn't it, is full from this time round, but
01:32he still, you know, showed how important it is. And also, you know, on top of that, the
01:37Roland Garros and Wimbledon double as well. Quite a remarkable season so far. And this
01:42Wimbledon was fantastic for him.
01:45I think it's unbelievable what he's done. Not only has he defended the title, beating
01:51Novak Djokovic both times, and Alcraz didn't give him any breathing space either. And I
01:56think, you know, that first game was a summary and a snapshot of the match. Very, very difficult
02:02for Novak, but unbelievable effort from Alcraz to retain the Wimbledon title at 21. And also
02:09back, you know, from Roland Garros at Wimbledon, it looks like he will be one of the tennis
02:14greats, but you just don't know how tennis is going to work. You have to keep up the
02:18training, the motivation years, you know, year on year. And it also depends on injuries
02:24that we've seen players like Del Potro, 21, won a slam. He would have been one of the
02:28greats as well, but then injury got to him.
02:30Yeah, I'm not at all worried about Djokovic until he's worried. I mean, last year he lost
02:35Wimbledon and he was apparently so mad at himself. He didn't lose another match until,
02:40what was it, until the Davis Cup, when he had those match points against Sinner. And
02:44I think that was probably a big blow for him, but I think we just have to wait for
02:49it to play out. And that's why people play the matches and because you can't ever predict
02:54what's really going to happen. We just have to wait and see how the rest of the season
02:58and next year unfolds.