Carlos Alcaraz wins the Australian Open, capturing his seventh career Grand Slam title. The Spanish champion, by winning the only Grand Slam title he had yet to win, becomes the youngest tennis player in history to complete the Career Grand Slam, at less than 22 years and nine months old .

A perfect first set is not enough for Djokovic , the Serbian - on the threshold of 39 years of age - begins to feel the toxins of over 4 hours of play in the semi-final against Sinner and ends up being overwhelmed by the number 1 in the world , who shows incredible freshness and athletic explosiveness, if you consider that only two days ago he fought for almost five and a half hours against Zverev and the cramps to get to this final.

The score was 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 for Alcaraz in 3 hours and 4 minutes . After a perfect first set by Djokovic, the Serbian began to feel the strain while the Spaniard dramatically raised the level of his tennis, overwhelming him in the next two sets. In the fourth, Djokovic held on to his service games and had the chance to turn the match around in the ninth game, when at 4-all he had a break point but fired an easy forehand wide after taking the lead. The point that could have sent him to a fifth set was the one that doomed the Serbian, who held his next service game to level at 5-all but was forced to capitulate in the twelfth game.

(Unioneonline)

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