There was a lot of talk about a perceived weakness in the game of Carlos Alcaraz in the buildup to his semi‑final with Taylor Fritz. His kryptonite, some suggested, is his tendency to wander, to lose a few games while his mind takes a breather, maybe even to drop a set. But what all those people overlooked was the fact that Alcaraz does whatever it takes to win and keeps doing it.
This is a man who has won five grand slams and, at 22, is now one win away not only from a sixth, but also from a third straight men’s singles Wimbledon title, something only Björn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have managed in the Open era.
