What Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic said to each other on their way to Centre Court at Wimbledon final

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Both Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will have been feeling the nerves ahead of their Wimbledon final.

The highly-anticipated clash at the All England Club represented a rematch of the 2023 final, which the Spaniard won.

Alcaraz battled extremely hard against Djokovic last time out, with the youngster defeating the veteran in five sets at Wimbledon 2023.

The former was number one and top seed at the tournament, where he edged out the number two seed 1-6, 7-6(8-6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.

The Serbian, therefore, knew the test that lay ahead this time around, with Djokovic praising Alcaraz’s ability to play equally well on every surface ahead of the final.

What did Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic say to each other ahead of the Wimbledon final?

An impatient crowd at SW19 awaited the two superstars, who were spotted conversing on their way to Centre Court.

As per the official Wimbledon X account, neither player knew who should enter the court first, with Alcaraz allowing Djokovic to walk ahead of him, saying: “No, no, no, you go first… I don’t know.”

Laughing, Djokovic responded: “I don’t know what the rules are,” with Alcaraz concurring with his opponent.

Not long after stepping onto the court, the Spanish star raced into a two set lead, rapidly winning 6-2, 6-2 after just 41 minutes and 34 minutes respectively.

He was then made to work much harder in the third set, but managed to come away with a 7-6 (7-4) win to clinch back-to-back Wimbledon titles.

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The seven-time champion made a remarkable recovery from a torn meniscus to pass his fitness test for the tournament.

And he passed that test with flying colours, with Djokovic reaching a Grand Slam final for the 16th season in his career, the most of any player in the Open Era.

That will have given him great confidence going into the clash with Alcaraz, along with his 3-2 head-to-head record over the Spaniard, but it wasn’t meant to be for the Serbian.

The two stars could be set for many more entertaining encounters following their latest Wimbledon clash, with Djokovic likely to keep playing for some time.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion seemingly has many more goals to achieve, but his fellow veterans Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal are set to call time on their careers very shortly.