For the ones who didn’t follow the game, it will be pretty straightforward – Carlos Alcaraz winning against Taylor Fritz in the 2025 semi-finals and making his way to yet another Wimbledon Final. But the ones who followed the match knew how the momentum swung from one end to another in the few points of the match. In fact, do you have any idea how close Fritz was to taking the 4th set? Well, now the match is over, and the American knows it’s a missed chance. And talking in the post-match presser, that’s the first thing that came to his mind.

Wimbledon shared the video on YouTube on July 11, in which Fritz looked disappointed at how the match slipped away. “I had my chances, for sure,” said the 27-year-old. “I definitely feel like good looks, good looks in those points in the tiebreaker to force a fifth.” Down 2-4 in the 4th set tiebreaker, Taylor Fritz rallied to go 6-4 up and serve for the 4th set. He could have made it 2-2 and taken the match into the 5th set.

But unforced errors, coupled with some high-intensity tennis from Carlos Alcaraz, meant the balance shifted 180 degrees. The next 4 points were won by Alcaraz, and it was game, set, and match for the Spaniard. Fritz was visibly distraught. “I felt like, obviously, in hindsight can say all the things I should have done on those points, but realistically, yeah – I mean I should have been able to get one of them, force a fifth.”

Fritz did put Alcaraz under pressure with his serve and his gritty display. Winning 80% of his 1st serve points, the World No. 5 gave did a proper go to make it to his first-ever Wimbledon Final. Not everything he did was wrong. Rather, the 2025 Eastbourne Open Champion also talked about his overall performance. “I thought that I played a good match,” said the 2024 US Open Finalist. “Couple hiccups, I mean, first game of the match and then in the third set, but the second and the fourth I definitely did exactly what I set out to do and play how I was trying … how I wanted to play.”

Yet, at a level where margins of error are wafer-thin, Fritz being unable to get a point on his serve ended up being his undoing, again. On the flip side, Carlos Alcaraz made it count when it mattered.

Fighting off the Taylor Fritz challenge, Alcaraz enters yet another Wimbledon Final

The Spaniard was not only fighting his American counterpart on the Centre Court but also the searing heat that saw the match halted twice during the second set. But the World No. 2 still had the numbers that would leave you speechless. You think Fritz was playing at a high level with his 80% 1st serve points won. Alcaraz was doing 88%.

While Fritz did outdo his younger opponent in winners 44 to 38, the other stats were in favor of the 2-time Wimbledon Champion. The 22-year-old was especially dominating the net points, thanks to his remarkable ability to disguise the drop shot. Carlos Alcaraz used it to guided precision to create ample doubt in the American’s mind. Eventually, Alcaraz sealed the win and booked his place in his third consecutive Wimbledon Final.

The Spaniard has a perfect record at the Wimbledon Finals, winning 2 in 2. Both times, he defeated Novak Djokovic. This time, the challenge is Jannik Sinner, the World No. 1 and the only man who can possibly halt Alcaraz’s winning run. Alcaraz is on a 24-match winning streak this season since losing to Holger Rune in the Final of Barcelona in April. Add to that his 20-match winning streak at Wimbledon, and it’s a challenge for Sinner, isn’t it? He was, in fact, the last person to beat Carlos Alcaraz in the Final in 2022.

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