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Alcaraz, Djokovic meet again in Wimbledon final

Alcaraz, Djokovic meet again in Wimbledon final

London, July 14 (UNI) Last year's finalists Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Serbia's Novak Djokovic set up a final clash at Wimbledon again after both taking victories in the men's singles semifinals.
Reigning champion Alcaraz overcame a slow start to see off Russia's fifth seed Daniil Medvedev.
The 21-year-old Spaniard faced the same opponent as he did in last year's Wimbledon semifinals where he won in straight sets. But Medvedev refused to repeat the same scenario as the 28-year-old took the first set after dominating the tiebreak 7-1.
Alcaraz, winning his first French Open title one month ago, raised his game since the second set. He kept trying to play drop shots to break Medvedev's resilience in baseline and saved many balls with tireless run.
"Since the tournament began, I didn't think I'm the defending champion," said Alcaraz. "I try to be better every day to play better tennis every match."
Alcaraz said he definitely didn't play at his best on Friday, but "I'm coming into a final feeling great with really high level of tennis, really high level of confidence."
After winning the following sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, Alcaraz is only one victory away from defending his title at the All England Club.
The last man who could hold him off is Djokovic again, as the 37-year-old Serb defeated Italian Lorenzo Musetti to reach the Wimbledon final for the 10th time.
Musetti, 22, dragged Djokovic into a five-set battle at the French Open last month, and challenged the 24-time champion again on Friday with amazing performance.
"I'm really happy to make the finals because I was not thinking about, particularly in the first couple of matches, of the eventual title match," said Djokovic who took a knee surgery less than a month ago right after the injury forced him to pull out of the quarterfinals of French Open. "I was just thinking about moving well, not injuring myself, to be honest, and feeling more free so to say in my movement."
"That's what happened I think in the third and particularly fourth round. I felt like I'm actually playing close to my best, and I can have a shot at the title," Djokovic added.
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