Serbia's Novak Djokovic beat Italy's Lorenzo Musetti, 6-4, 6-2, to reach his first Olympic final on Friday and will bid for gold in a blockbuster clash with Carlos Alcaraz. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
Novak Djokovic won his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 , 7-6 in an enthralling men’s tennis singles final Sunday, giving the 37-year-old from Serbia the last significant accomplishment missing from his glittering resume. Djokovic’s impressive career already featured a men’s-record 24 Grand Slam titles and the most weeks spent at No. 1 in the rankings by any man or woman.
It required long exchanges filled with superb ball-striking at the baseline, deft drop shots — Alcaraz’s tended to be more successful, sometimes so good Djokovic declined to even give chase — and tremendous sprinting, sliding, stretching defense at both ends. They served so well that neither got broken even once: Djokovic saved eight break points, Alcaraz six. Most remarkable, perhaps, was how cleanly both men played, despite the talent of the opposition and pressure of the occasion.
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