Updated: 17 Jul 2023, 09:37 AM IST 1/6 Five landmark Wimbledon males’s matchesCarlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic on July 16 to end up being the very first gamer outside the ‘Big Four’ (Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray) to win Wimbledon because 2002, with the outcome promoted as the start of a brand-new period for guys’s tennis. Following are 5 landmark matches from Wimbledon which indicated generational shifts in the sport: Reuters 2/6 1974 – CONNORS V ROSEWALL Ken Rosewall had actually currently sealed his location as one of the greats of the sport when he reached the last of Wimbledon in 1974 at the age of 39, where he was wanting to include an evasive grasscourt title to his 8 Grand Slam prizes. Rosewall dealt with 22-year-old American Jimmy Connors, who won 6-1 6-1 6-4 prior to matching the Australian’s Grand Slam haul with a string of victories over the next couple of years. Agencies 3/6 1981 – MCENROE V BORG Ice-cool Swede Bjorn Borg controlled Wimbledon as he won 5 straight titles from 1976 to 1980 however that run was given an end by young upstart John McEnroe in 1981. Having actually lost to Borg in the legendary 1980 last, the intense American got his vengeance the next year by declaring the very first of his 3 Wimbledon titles with a 4-6 7-6( 1) 7-6( 4) 6-4 win. 4/6 2001 – FEDERER V SAMPRAS An obscure Federer revealed himself to the world by
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