England: Following his victory over seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in the Men's Singles final of the Wimbledon 2023 on Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz penned a brand-new chapter in the annals of tennis. The Serb's hopes of winning a record-tying 24th Grand Slam trophy were dashed by this defeat.

The 20-year-old Spaniard won his second major championship after winning the US Open the previous year, while Djokovic suffered his first loss on Centre Court in ten years. Interestingly, it was the first time Djokovic had dropped a Grand Slam match after taking the first set.

After the nail-biting match concluded in Alcaraz's favor, the 23-time Grand Slam champion sobbed openly in front of the media as he expressed his feelings. Holding his head up, Djokovic mentioned his triumph against Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final in 2019 and said that while they had a close match back then, the defeat to Alcaraz has now leveled the playing field.

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"Yeah it’s nice to see my son still there still smiling," he said before stopping his on-court interview to cry. Through tears, he added: “I love you, thank you for supporting me and I give you a big hug and we can all love each other.”

"As for me, obviously you never like to lose matches like this. But you know, I guess when all the emotions are settled I have to still be very grateful because I won many, many tight and close matches in the past here. To name a few, you know, 2019 against Roger in that finals when I was match points down. Maybe I should've lost a couple finals that I won so I think this is even steven," said Djokovic.

The Serb complimented Alcaraz and humorously remarked that while the Spaniard used to challenge him on clay and hard courts, he had now excellently adapted to the grass surface.

Classy words from the seven-time champion.

An emotional Novak Djokovic speaks after his #Wimbledon final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz... pic.twitter.com/Lvg980Sbn8

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 16, 2023

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"Not so good for me but good for Carlos," he admitted. "I have to start with praises to Carlos and his team. What a quality at the end of the match when you had to serve it out. You can up with some big plays in the big situation and you absolutely deserve it. Amazing," said Djokovic.

"I thought I would have trouble with you only on clay and hard court, but not on grass but now it's a different story from this year obviously. Congrats, amazing way to adapt to the surface. You played maybe one or twice. Amazing, what you did in Queens and congratulations to everybody in your team," he added.

After spending four hours and forty-two minutes on Centre Court, world number one Alcaraz overcame losing the first set and saving a set point in the second to triumph 1-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.

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