Novak Djokovic still favourite to win Wimbledon: World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz believes he is capable of winning Wimbledon after claiming his first title on grass on Sunday by beating Alex de Minaur 64 64 in the final at Queens ClubThe Spaniards fifth title of the season also takes him back to the top of the world rankings but he said Novak Djokovic remains the favourite to win Wimbledon for an eighth time next monthAlcaraz was playing on the grass for just the third tournament in his career and showed an impressive development through the week at Queens after nearly falling to French lucky loser Arthur Rinderknech in the first roundThe US Open champion won his next four matches without dropping a set and is confident of going beyond the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first timeI have quite a lot of confidence heading into Wimbledon I ended the week playing at a high level so right now I feel one of the favourites to win Wimbledon but I have to get more experience on grass said AlcarazNovak is the main favourite to win Wimbledon but I will try to play at this level to have chances to beat him or make the finalI saw a statistic that Novak has won more matches at Wimbledon than the other top 20 players combined What can you say about that you know Novak is the main favourite to win Wimbledon Thats obviousBut I will try to play at this level to have chances to beat him or make the final at WimbledonAlso Read French Open Match against Alcaraz biggest challenge for me so far says Novak DjokovicDjokovic has reigned supreme in SW19 since 2018 He has not lost on Centre Court in 10 years since losing to Andy Murray in the finalBut Alcaraz is hoping to have the crowd on his side should the top two seeds meet in the finalI saw that Djokovic has never lost a match on Centre Court since 2013 when he lost against Andy so its ten years without losing a match on centre court its crazy But I hope to have the crowd behind me to change that statDe Minaur had dumped out Murray and world number six Holger Rune on his route to the final But the Australian was left to rue Alcarazs ability to win the big points in a tight contestIm content because I know I left it all out there and I try to play the way that I want to play said De MinaurSo thats a big positive for me coming into WimbledonDe Minaur had two break points for the chance to serve for the first set when he led 43Alcaraz responded though to hold serve and immediately break the world number 18 in the next game before serving out for the set He then needed lengthy treatment as he had strapping applied to his right quadAlcarazs movement did not seem affected as he again pounced on his only break point to move ahead 32 in the second set Two rare errors gave De Minaur some hope in the final game as Alcaraz found himself 030 down But the Spaniards booming serve dug him out of trouble as four straight points secured the title and a return to world number oneAlso Read Carlos Alcaraz crowned Queens Club Champion defeats de Minaur in finalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever