PARIS — A fired-up Novak Djokovic on Friday reached his first Olympic final, where he will face Carlos Alcaraz in a dream showdown for gold, describing his achievement as 'a big deal'.
PARIS — A fired-up Novak Djokovic on Friday reached his first Olympic final, where he will face Carlos Alcaraz in a dream showdown for gold, describing his achievement as 'a big deal'.Top seed Djokovic , still seeking an elusive Olympic title to sit along his 24 Grand Slams, defeated Italy's Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2 in a tense semifinal. Alcaraz earlier became the youngest men's finalist since tennis returned to the Games in 1988 when he swept aside Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1.
'I was thinking about all the semi-finals that I lost in the Olympic Games before today's match and that's why I was very tense on the court,' admitted Djokovic.French Open and Wimbledon champion Alcaraz hammered Canada's Auger-Aliassime in just 75 minutes. - 'Objective is gold' -'It has been an objective since the start of the year to try and win the gold medal and now we have one match left to try and get it done,' said Alcaraz.
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