Carlos Alcaraz overcame a shaky start to beat Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and set up another Wimbledon final against Novak Djokovic, who advanced with a 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory against Lorenzo Musetti.
is only a couple of months past his 21st birthday, and yet this whole Grand Slam success thing is already a bit been-there, done-that for him.
Djokovic, who hadn't reached a final at any tournament all season and needed surgery in June for a torn meniscus in his right knee, will be vying for his eighth championship at the All England Club. That would tie Federer's mark for the most by a man -- and put him one behind Martina Navratilova's record of nine -- while making the 37-year-old from Serbia the first player in tennis history with 25 Grand Slam titles.
Now the Spaniard is one victory away from joining Boris Becker and Bjorn Borg as the only men in the Open era, which began in 1968, with multiple championships at the All England Club before turning 22."We're going to see a lot of him in the future, no doubt," Djokovic said."He's going to win many more Grand Slams."
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