Mission accomplished: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrating after beating Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz for the gold medal. — Reuters
NOVAK Djokovic described beating Carlos Alcaraz to claim the Olympic singles gold medal at the fifth attempt as the biggest achievement of his career on Sunday.
The 37-year-old Serb ended an eight-month trophy drought with a vintage display to win 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2) and complete his career Golden Slam in memorable fashion, not dropping a set in six matches at Roland Garros.
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