"Legendary stuff" - Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff's coach & tennis world amazed by Carlos Alcaraz's 2nd Wimbledon triumph against Novak Djokovic

Carlos Alcaraz’s emphatic victory over Novak Djokovic at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships stunned the tennis world. Many notable personalities, including Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, and Serena Williams’ ex-coach Rennae Stubbs, shared their amazement on social media.

Alcaraz, the defending champion, crushed seven-time Wimbledon winner Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the final on Sunday. The Spaniard required four championship points to get the job done. This was his third victory over the Serbian player in their six-match rivalry. His previous win came in last year’s final, a five-set thriller.

Carlos Alcaraz, now a four-time Grand Slam champion, also completed the ‘Channel Slam,’ which means winning the French Open and the Wimbledon Championships in the same calendar year. Just last month the World No. 3 won his first title on the claycourts in Paris by beating Alexander Zverev in a tightly contested five-setter. With that victory, he became the youngest man in history to complete the ‘Surface Slam.’

With his latest triumph at SW19, the Spaniard has joined the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Bjorn Borg, and Rod Laver as only the sixth man to achieve the ‘Channel Slam’ feat. On the women’s side, Steffi Graf, Serena Williams, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, and Margaret Court have bagged the honor.

Several tennis players were amazed by the 21-year-old’s remarkable achievements in his young career. World No. 1 Iga Swiatek congratulated him and the women's singles champion, Barbora Krejcikova, on X.

"Huuuge congratulations @BKrejcikova and @carlosalcaraz for amazing two weeks and your titles!" she wrote.

Serena Williams' ex-coach Rennae Subbs said:

"Wow @carlosalcaraz is one special young talent! I never thought i would see a player as great as Novak, Rafa & Roger but there is no doubt in my mind this kid actually might get to 20 as well. Just phenomenal! @DjokerNole has set the bar so high and this kid is showing up for it."

Coco Gauff's coach Brad Gilbert, too, was impressed by the former World No. 1's rapid success.

"Holy Toledo what and effort from Escape from Alcaraz @carlosalcaraz winning his 2nd @Wimbledon. and the 6th man in open era to pull off the European double at 21 legendary stuff," he wrote.

Here are a few more reactions from the tennis world:

Tennis players on Instagram

Tennis players, including Coco Gauff and Stan Wawrinka, on Instagram

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Novak Djokovic remains title-less in 2024 after Carlos Alcaraz's Wimbledon victory

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic pictured at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships (Image Source: Getty)

With his defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in the 2024 Wimbledon final, Novak Djokovic has extended his title drought. He hasn’t won a trophy since his success at the 2023 ATP Finals. In fact, Sunday’s title clash at SW19 was his first final since his win in Turin.

The Serb’s next appearance will be at the 2024 Paris Olympics (July 27–August 4), which means this is the first time that he has failed to bag a title in the first seven months of the season since 2005.

Novak Djokovic was chasing his record 25th Grand Slam and eighth at the tournament. While the Serb has featured in the final at SW19 in each edition since 2018, his most recent two losses to Carlos Alcaraz mean that he is still one title short of equaling Roger Federer’s record of winning the most gentlemen’s singles titles (eight).