Wimbledon 2023 final Highlights: Alcaraz ends Djokovic's Centre Court reign to claim maiden title

Wimbledon 2023 final Live score

Wimbledon 2023 final Highlights: How on earth did he pull that off? Go back to the first set, which now seems ages ago. World no.1 Carlos Alcaraz, up against the man that has been synonymous with the tournament for over five years now, made a nervy start getting broken twice before losing it 1-6. The defending champion owned a 78-0 record in Grand Slam after winning the opening set. But the Spaniard, with an improved return in the second set, stretched it to the tie-breaker before ending Djokovic's run of 15 consecutive tiebreaks won at Majors. He roared back to claim it 7-6(6). The 20-year-old continued his sublime show in Centre Court to break the 23-time Grand Slam winner twice in the third set, including securing a valiant break in the fifth game after 13 deuces and on seventh break-point opportunity, to secure a two set to one lead in the final. The 36-year-old showed glimpses of what he had done against Dominic Thiem in 2020 Australina Open final with serve-and-volley strategy and he bounced back to force a deciding fifth set. But it was probably destined to Alcaraz's moment in the sun. Djokovic owned Centre Court for 10 years. He owned Wimbledon for four straight years. He was up against an Open Era Grand Slam record. But Alcaraz denied him that piece of history as he broke early in the final set before sealing the win in stunning fashion to claim a maiden Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam trophy in his career after 2022 US Open.