Tennis
Alkarath – Djokovic: The ultimate fight with a prize for the Wimbledon title
On Sunday afternoon (July 16, 4:00 p.m.) Carlos Alcarath and Novak Djokovic will face each other in the Wimbledon final. Everything you need to know about the great race.
The final everyone was waiting for at Wimbledon has been confirmed. The Sunday afternoon (July 16, 4:00 p.m., Novasports Prime, LIVE by Sportish) Carlos Alcarath and Novak Djokovic will face off in the fight for the Major title.
The ultimate match between two athletes ranked first and second in the world rankings. On the one hand the leading representative of the new tennis generation and on the other hand the tennis player with the most Grand Slam titles.
Without a doubt we expect a great game with a lot of great points from two great tennis players.
The triple overtime of the game
On Sunday lunchtime, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcarat duel in the Wimbledon final, with their fight going into triple overtime.
The first and most obvious is the Grand Slam title, which they both want for different reasons. The second concerns the top of the world rankings.
His gap is currently less than 100 points (8875 for the Spaniard, 8795 for the Serb), meaning the winner will sit at the top of the world rankings on Monday morning.
Finally, the winner secures his place in the ATP Finals by beating the current maximum score of 6450 points.
your previous encounters
It is their third duel and the first in a final, since the previous two were in the quarterfinals. Their first game came in Madrid in 2022 when Alcarath won 2-1 sets and even a reversal.
The second took place almost a month ago in the Roland Garros semi-finals. Back then, Novak Djokovic had won sets 3-1 with Alkarath but struggled with injury problems in the last two sets.
What’s more, the Spaniard will face either Djokovic or Nadal in the final for the first time in his career.
The course of Djokovic and Alcarath in Wimbledon
Let’s also take a look at her run so far at Wimbledon. Novak Chokovic easily overcame the obstacles of Katsin, Thompson and Wawrinka in the first three laps.
He lost a set to Hurkach and Rublev in the quarterfinals and quarterfinals, while completely controlling Shiner’s obstacle with 3-0 sets in the semifinals.
On the other hand, Carlos Alcarath reached the final after losing two sets. He easily overcame the obstacles of Sardi and Miller, while in his matches with Harry and Berretini he was a set behind but caused the upset.
In the quarterfinals he fought Rooney for a set, then won 3-0 sets and advanced to the final with the same result against Medvedev.
Your statistical picture in the tournament
Alkarath and Djokovic have each lost two sets in the tournament so far and have been on the court for almost the same amount of time.
Their stats show that Novak Djokovic is more effective on his serve, while at the same time Carlos Alcarath created more break conditions.
At the same time, Noles naturally cleared 84% of the break points he faced.
Source: sport 24
Tennis
Rybakina reached the second round of the Australian Open, where she will meet Gracheva
Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina reached the second round of the Grand Slam tournament in Australia.
At the start of the competition, the fifth racket of the world beat Slovenian Kaja Juvan, who finished in the top 100 in the world rankings. The meeting lasted 1 hour 12 minutes and ended with a score of 6:4, 6:3 in favor of Rybakina.
In the next round, the Moscow native will play against French representative Varvara Gracheva. Both athletes previously competed at international tournaments for Russia.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. First round
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 5) – Kaya Juvan (Slovenia) – 6:4, 6:3.
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis
Alexandrova and Venus Williams failed to reach the second round of the Australian Open in doubles
Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova and American Venus Williams failed to reach the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
In the first round match, Alexandrova and Williams lost to the duo Emilian Arango/Elsa Jacquemot (Colombia/France) with a score of 6:7 (3:7), 4:6. The meeting lasted 1 hour 29 minutes.
The next rivals of Arango and Jacquemot will be the winners of the meeting McCartney Kessler/Jessica Pegula (both USA) – Gabriela Dabrowski/Louise Stefani (Canada/Italy, 5).
Earlier, Alexandrova and Williams also completed their performance in singles.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. Doubles. 1st circle
Emiliana Arango/Elsa Jacquemot (Colombia/France) — Ekaterina Alexandrova/Venus Williams (Russia/USA, WC) – 7:6 (7:3), 6:4.
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis
Former Aus Open number one takes first win after two surgeries
33-year-old former world No. 1 and Czech tennis player Carolina Pliskova (WTA1057) has made a successful start to the 2026 Australian Open.
In the first round, the Czech defeated the 32-year-old American in two sets. Sloane Stephens (WTA 1102) in 1 hour 35 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Carolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – Slovan Stevens (USA) [Q] – 7:6 (9:7), 6:2
This was the eighth head-to-head meeting between the rivals. Carolina beat Sloane for the second time.
Pliskova earned her first victory at the Tour level since the 2024 US Open. Since then Caroline has had two ankle surgeries.
Stevens started the Australian Open with qualification. In the election, the American defeated Barbora Palicova, Olivia Gabeki and Lucia Bronzetti.
Pliskova will compete with Indonesian representative Janice Tjen, who knocked out 22nd seed Leila Fernandez, in the second round of the majors.
Video review of the match
Photo gallery of the match
Source: Sport UA
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