Wimbledon: 'An annihilation' - Tim Henman and Nick Kyrgios react to Carlos Alcaraz final triumph over Novak Djokovic

Updated 15/07/2024 at 07:13 GMT

Tim Henman was full of praise for Carlos Alcaraz after the Spaniard secured back-to-back Wimbledon titles with a convincing victory over Novak Djokovic. Alcaraz stormed to a straight-sets win on Centre Court, and Henman believes he set the tone from the word go. Nick Kyrgios was also quick to hail Alcaraz's achievement, and he also questioned if Djokovic can win another Grand Slam.

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Tim Henman has described Carlos Alcaraz's emphatic victory over Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final as an "annihilation".

The Spaniard defeated seven-time winner Djokovic 6-2 6-2 7-6(4) on Centre Court to retain his title having beaten the Serbian star in a far closer contest last year.

Alcaraz was superb from the start, with Djokovic only really testing his rival mid-way through the third set.

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Henman described Alcaraz's win as "annihilation" but praised Djokovic for forcing a tie-break in the closing stages of the match.

"In all honesty, for 6-2 6-2 5-4 40-0, it was an annihilation," said Henman. "Alcaraz was just absolutely phenomenal.

"The tone was set in that first service game of Djokovic, it was a 14 or 15-minute game, Alcaraz was able to get that break of serve and then he was just relentless.

"He gave Djokovic nothing to get his teeth stuck into.

"We were just waiting for the reaction, we were waiting for Djokovic to respond and that really only happened late in the third set when, in all honesty, it was just a little bit too late.

"Djokovic somehow hung on in that third set and got it to a tie-break, but today was just about one man."

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Djokovic has 24 Grand Slams to his name, with his latest coming at the 2023 US Open.

Nick Kyrgios admitted he and Henman had been debating if Djokovic could win a 25th with Alcaraz in such remarkable form.

"Let's not forget, Djokovic playing this event, he did not have to play it," added Kyrgios, in reference to Djokovic undergoing knee surgery last month.

"Physically he is not 100% but he decided to play it and he has said time and time again how important this event is to him.

"Look, he just came out a little bit flat, understandably at 37, he has won this championship seven times but Alcaraz was just a bit too much today.

"He threw everything at Carlos in the third set and he just kept coming up with answers time and time again.

"Me and Tim have had this conversation, it is a conversation all tennis fans need to have, is there one more Slam left for Djokovic on the calendar?

"With the come up of Alcaraz, and obviously two times in a row beating him in the final, does Djokovic have enough left in the tank to get one more Slam?"

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