Over a course of the next few centuries the game saw periods of incredible popularity, with more than 1,000 tennis courts in Paris in the 16th century.
With its strong association with pageant traditions of the French court, Wilson says, tennis was highly stylized from the beginning. It was initially played with the palm of the hand, and rackets were added by 16th century. The modern game of tennis traces back to a medieval game called jeu de paume, which began in 12th century France. But Alcaraz denied him that piece of history as he broke early in the final set before sealing the win in stunning fashion to claim a maiden Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam trophy in his career after 2022 US Open.Despite its complexity, the tennis scoring system has been stable since the Victorian period. He was up against an Open Era Grand Slam record. He owned Wimbledon for four straight years. Djokovic owned Centre Court for 10 years. But it was probably destined to Alcaraz's moment in the sun. The 36-year-old showed glimpses of what he had done against Dominic Thiem in 2020 Australina Open final with serve-and-volley strategy and he bounced back to force a deciding fifth set. The 20-year-old continued his sublime show in Centre Court to break the 23-time Grand Slam winner twice in the third set, including securing a valiant break in the fifth game after 13 deuces and on seventh break-point opportunity, to secure a two set to one lead in the final.
But the Spaniard, with an improved return in the second set, stretched it to the tie-breaker before ending Djokovic's run of 15 consecutive tiebreaks won at Majors. The defending champion owned a 78-0 record in Grand Slam after winning the opening set. World no.1 Carlos Alcaraz, up against the man that has been synonymous with the tournament for over five years now, made a nervy start getting broken twice before losing it 1-6.
Wimbledon 2023 final Highlights: How on earth did he pull that off? Go back to the first set, which now seems ages ago.
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