Alcaraz-Djokovic: the duel before the duel in an empty wimbledon

A hours after the Main Draw raffle, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic They trained in a friendly set (completed with equality 5-5) on the central court of a Wimbledon empty.

The seven -time champion was the first to jump to the track (he did not prior to Pasto), escorted by a Spaniard, winner of the last two editions (and recent champion in Queen’s), and his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero.

The training was carried out with the ceiling closed by the slight rain that fell abroad and that, for example, caused the dispute of the previous phase in Roehampton to stop. After a short ball, Djokovic and Alcaraz They played a practice set in which they finished 5-5 after just over half an hour since the organization only allows these sessions, acclimatizing so that the track does not slip the first days, they last 45 minutes.

As an anecdote of training, Alcaraz connected a ‘Passing Shot’ reverse to one hand after which he apologized with the Serbian for the “luck” that he had had. “I closed my eyes and came out like this,” he said.

For a couple of years and due to the slippery that happened in the first days, the All England Club allows the best in the world to release the court a few minutes before playing “for the points.” The entire tournament can be followed live by Disney+.