? World no.1 Carlos Alcaraz Garfia took home his first-ever Wimbledon trophy last night, after defeating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set final match that saw Garfia starting on the wrong foot and losing the first set 1-6. The Spaniard turned his fate around to take the second set to a tiebreak, and ultimately earned the championship title in the fifth set.

Alcaraz’s victory yesterday stood in the way of Djokovic earning his fifth consecutive Wimbledon trophy and the 24th Grand Slam title of his career. The Spaniard (who is currently 20 years and two months old) became the third-youngest Wimbledon men’s champion in the championship’s Open era, behind Boris Becker (who was 17 years old when he lifted the trophy) and Bjorn Borg (who earned his first Wimbledon title when he was 20 years and one month old). Alcaraz also cemented his spot as world no.1 by securing 2k points from his Wimbledon victory, putting him 880 points ahead of world no.2 Djokovic.

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