Djokovic takes revenge on Alcaraz in Cincinnati for lost Wimbledon final | Tennis

It was the fourth tournament victory of this season for the 36-year-old Serbian. Earlier this year he won in Adelaide and won the Australian Open and Roland-Garros, bringing his 22nd and 23rd Grand Slam title to his palmares, which now boasts a total of 95 titles.

In Cincinnati, his name was on the roll of honor for the third time. He also won the hard court tournament in Ohio in 2018 and 2020. Before that, he was a losing finalist there five times, three times against Roger Federer and twice against Andy Murray.

The Cincinnati masters tournament is the last preparation tournament for the US Open for the top players. The last grand slam tournament of the year starts in a week. Last year Alcaraz triumphed in New York. Djokovic was then not allowed to enter the United States because he had not been vaccinated against the corona virus.

In the mutual confrontations between the best two players at the moment, it is now equal: 2-2. Alcaraz won last year in the semifinals of the clay tournament in Madrid and this year in the Wimbledon final. At Roland-Garros, Djokovic kept the young Spaniard out of the final.

Earlier in the day, Coco Gauff captured the biggest title of her career in Cincinnati. The 19-year-old American defeated Czech Karolina Muchova (26) 6-3, 6-4 in the final.

Gauff, last year’s finalist at Roland Garros, has been playing at the top of tennis for several years, despite still being a teenager. She is the number seven in the world and has taken four titles so far this week. However, Grand Slam titles or final victories at WTA 1000 tournaments were still missing from her palmares until Sunday.

Gauff finished it after one hour and 56 minutes on her fourth game point. She concluded the duel in the heat – in Cincinnati it was above 35 degrees Celsius – with a love game. At 5-2 she left three match points unused. Muchova, the global number seventeen, ended the game with a drop.

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In the semifinals, Gauff had already defeated the Polish Iga Swiatek. The American had never beaten the number one in the world in seven matches. Gauff is now preparing for the US Open, the grand slam tournament that starts in New York in just over a week. The Cincinnati tournament, won five years ago by Kiki Bertens, is the final preparation.