Carlos Alcaraz has destroyed Novak Djokovic's dream of a record-breaking 25th grand slam triumph, outclassing the seven-time champion to defend his Wimbledon crown after a final that had an unmistakable feeling of a changing of the tennis guard.
Djokovic's hopes of moving clear of the tally of 24 grand slams he shares with Australian Margaret Court were simply dismantled by the dazzling Alcaraz, who was operating on a wholly different plane as he blitzed his way to a 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-4) triumph on Sunday.
Twelve months after Alcaraz had outlasted the great Serb in a five-set classic on Centre Court, it felt almost shocking to witness how the young Spaniard this time cemented his fresh dominance at the grass-court slam with a much more one-sided, even more magnificent victory.
