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Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz retained his Wimbledon title, emphatically beating seven-time Champion Novak Djokovic again, this time in straight sets to win his fourth Slam at the tender age of 21. Last month he beat Alexander Zerev in five sets to win the French Open at Roland-Garros to become the youngest player in history to win the ‘Surface Slam’, with titles on the three surfaces- hardcourt (US Open in 2022),grass and clay. Victory at SW19 on Sunday also meant he is the youngest man in the open Era to win the ‘Channel Slam’.

Carlos signed my sketch at this year’s Cinch Championships at London’s Queen’s Club. He collected £2,700,000 for winning The Championships. Nice pay day for seven matches in a fortnight.

Autographed drawing of tennis player Carlos Alcaraz at Queen's Club

Carlos Alcaraz won his first title on grass and regained the world number one ranking with an impressive victory over Alex de Minaur in the Queen’s Club final on Sunday. His 6-4 6-4 triumph means he moves above Novak Djokovic and will be the top men’s seed at Wimbledon, which starts on 3 July.

The 20 year-old Spaniard, who was playing only his third grass-court tournament, has won five titles this season. The US Open champion will now set his sights on a Queen’s-Wimbledon double.

However, he needed a final-set tie-break in his first round match to escape with a narrow victory against French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech, before surging to the title without losing a set for the rest of the week. I met him at the players’ entrance after that opening match, where he kindly signed my sketch.