The 37-year-old Serbian reversed the result of their Wimbledon final to win his first Olympic title.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC DEFEATED Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday to claim a maiden Olympic title and become just the fifth player to complete a career Golden Slam .
He also became the oldest singles champion since tennis returned to the Olympics in 1988 and shattered Alcaraz’s bid to add gold to the French Open and Wimbledon titles he has already pocketed this summer. Djokovic carved out a break point in the second game of the opener and three more in the fourth, all saved by the Spaniard.
There was no let-up in the second set, scintillating shot-making alongside rousing defence with Alcaraz fighting off the final’s 14th break point in the third game. Later Sunday, Russian athletes can claim their first gold of the Games when Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider face the Italian team of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the women’s doubles.
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