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Regardless of who won the match, this match between Alcatraz and Djokovic was absolutely incredible. A test of temperament for both of the players.
agree, but what I saw today from highlights, didn't noticed yesterday during the match
Alcaraz had 66 winners, compared to 32 from Djokovic, and looking at that, one can conclude that match was pretty much one-sided, Alcaraz was on attack, and Djokovic just defended and waited for him to make a mistake
even in first set, which he lost 1:6, Alcaraz had more winners (7 to 5), so on that time, it was just him trying to put his shot in, not playing bad, as it was seemed during the match, highlights after are good to reflect on whole thing
and interesting enough, Djokovic is still favorite to win US Open, according to bookies, @2.2, Alcaraz on @2.5
This is pretty surprising since Alcaraz is world's number 1 and fresh off winning the last tournament beating Djokovic usually the odds are in favor of the champion of the most recent win and the higher ranked player.
Just goes to show you how confident the bookmakers are of him to make an immediate comeback I would think.
Because before Wimbledon started Alcaraz was 3.50x to win the entire tournament while Djokovic was closer to 2.00x
So as you can see the oddsmakers have always seen them as close favorites to win these major tournaments on the tennis season schedule being ranked number 1 and 2 respectfully.