Who Is Rishabh Pant's Favourite To Win Wimbledon? India's Test Vice-Captain Answers
'I have to support Alcaraz. I think he is going to win the Championships. That is my prediction. Rest, whosoever plays the best tennis, is going to win," Pant said while speaking to Wimbledon.
Alcaraz required only 99 minutes to thrash Norrie 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 in his most commanding performance in this year's tournament.
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Alcaraz dropped four sets in a series of scrappy displays during his run to the last eight. But he was back to his imperious best in the quarters, blasting 39 winners to set up a last four clash with American fifth seed Taylor Fritz.
With world number one Jannik Sinner struggling with an elbow injury after trailing by two sets in the fourth round before his opponent Grigor Dimitrov was forced to retire, Alcaraz looks like the title favourite heading into the closing stages of the tournament.
Alcaraz is on a career-best 23-match winning run since losing to Holger Rune in the Barcelona final three months back, a superb streak which has brought him titles at the French Open, the Rome Masters and Monte Carlo.
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