PARIS: Novak Djokovic finished his profession Yellowish Slam because the 37-year-old Serb fought off Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in a elegant Olympic males’s singles ultimate combat at Roland Garros on Sunday.
Next adversity in Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, Djokovic merely would now not be denied the only name that had eluded him for see you later, profitable 7-6(3) 7-6(2) in entrance of an enthralled community on Courtroom Philippe Chatrier.
Supremacy seed Djokovic delivered some of the skillful performances of his profession to disclaim Alcaraz and turn into handiest the 5th participant to win all 4 singles Magnificent Slams and the Olympic name.
Neither participant took a backward step in a ferocious duel wherein the primary all set unloved lasted one time 33 mins as they wrestled for keep watch over in a layout of spellbinding video games.
Alcaraz cracked first within the tiebreak and when some other tiebreak was once required to make a decision the second one all set, once more Djokovic once more discovered some other equipment, sealing victory with a great forehand winner i’m sick the series.
Djokovic roared to the sky and later consoling Alcaraz on the web he next fell to his knees and sobbed within the centre of the court docket prior to hiking into the community to be in demand via his folk, pals and crew.
Year Djokovic, the oldest participant to win the Olympic singles name because the recreation returned to the Video games in 1988, cried tears of pleasure, the 21-year-old Alcaraz was once inconsolable later falling shorten of including the gold medal to this 12 months’s French Clear and Wimbledon crowns.
Djokovic, had misplaced 3 times in Olympic singles semi-finals and knew arriving in Paris this was once his endmost real looking anticipation to fill the endmost too much area in a trophy cupboard that incorporates a males’s document 24 Magnificent Slam titles.
And the way he earned it – overturning his crushing loss to Alcaraz in endmost date’s Wimbledon ultimate to turn into the primary guy to win the Olympic singles with out shedding a suite.
“It was an incredible fight and I had to play my best tennis,” an emotional Djokovic informed Eurosport prior to the medals rite as Serbian fanatics celebrated within the stands.
“It was fair that the two sets finished in tiebreaks. I put my heart, my soul, everything to win gold.
“I did it for my nation first, for Serbia.”
Djokovic joins an elite membership of Andre Agassi, Rafa Nadal, Serena Williams and Steffi Graf in profitable all 4 Magnificent Slams and the Olympic name of their careers.
