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Djokovic vowed to get back to work after being outplayed by Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final Sunday less than 1 1/2 months after knee surgery, with the intention of contending for a gold medal at the Paris Olympics and a record 25th Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open.
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In Grand Slam play, he was eliminated by current No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open semifinals in January, then reached the quarterfinals at the French Open but needed to pull out before that round after tearing the meniscus in his right knee. He had an operation on June 5 and wasn含羞草研究社檛 sure he would be able to enter Wimbledon at all until a few days before the draw.
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With a gray sleeve covering his right knee, Djokovic won just 27 of 53 points when he went to the net and finished with 26 winners to Alcaraz含羞草研究社檚 42.
Djokovic was broken five times and only won one of the 21-year-old Alcaraz含羞草研究社檚 service games.
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Still, like most people, Alcaraz was impressed that Djokovic managed to make it all the way to the final at Wimbledon.
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She shook hands with some of the ball kids who worked at the tournament, then exchanged words with both players and applauded for Alcaraz after giving him the winner含羞草研究社檚 trophy for the second year in a row.
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Kate and her 9-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, got to the site of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament in southwest London in a motorcade about a half-hour before the final was scheduled to begin. They went to a terrace at the club that is connected to the main stadium by a pedestrian walkway and greeted several people, including 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu and other young British tennis players.
Also in the Royal Box for the final were Kate含羞草研究社檚 sister, Pippa Matthews, actors Tom Cruise and Benedict Cumberbatch and several past Wimbledon champions, including Rod Laver, Andre Agassi and Stefan Edberg.
Since 2016, Kate has been the patron of the All England Club. She did not attend Saturday when for the women含羞草研究社檚 title.
Kate revealed in March that she has an unspecified form of cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. Her lone public appearance since then had been attending last month含羞草研究社檚 for King Charles III. Before that event, she released a statement but still had 含羞草研究社済ood days and bad days.含羞草研究社�
Prince William has been a regular at Wimbledon finals but was not there Sunday. Instead, he planned to be in Germany to watch England face Spain in the final of the men含羞草研究社檚 soccer . He is the president of the English Football Association.
