Carlos Alcaraz Wins Wimbledon the Hardest Way: Through Novak Djokovic

It had to happen one day. Novak Dkojovic would meet his Novak Djokovic. Tennis’s most stubborn champion would encounter a contender who was respectful but unshaken, who wasn’t rattled by his legend, or endurance, or head games, and would rise to the moment, unabashedly, as a young Djokovic once did, long ago. Djokovic would relinquish the throne, as kings eventually do. But he kept winning, and tennis started to have its doubts. Djokovic continued to add to his unprecedented men’s singles career—23 major titles, the most of all time. He...