Carlos Alcaraz is the new Wimbledon champion
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.3 | I'm Kashmadiya, and in the early hours of Monday, |
| 0:07.8 | the 17th of July, these are our main stories. |
| 0:11.2 | There's a new king of centre court as Carlos Alcaraf triumphs at Wimbledon. |
| 0:16.6 | Italians are told to stay indoors as Europe braces for another heat wave. |
| 0:21.2 | And... |
| 0:22.2 | ...shed down...shed down... |
| 0:26.9 | The singer Jane Berkin has died age 76. |
| 0:30.1 | We'll be looking back over her life. |
| 0:34.6 | Also, coming up in this podcast, |
| 0:36.5 | authorities in Iran are cracking down on women who leave their hair uncovered. |
| 0:41.9 | And how Lionel Messi could change the face of football in America. |
| 0:47.4 | We start at the world famous Wimbledon tennis championships. |
| 0:53.9 | The 20-year-old Spanish player, Carlos Alcaraf, |
| 0:56.9 | has beaten seven-time champion Novak Djokovic |
| 0:59.9 | to claim his second grand slam title after a tense and thrilling match |
| 1:03.8 | that lasted almost five hours. |
| 1:06.1 | Speaking right after the final, |
| 1:08.0 | Djokovic, who has beaten on centre court for the first time in ten years, |
| 1:11.7 | told the crowd, |
| 1:12.8 | it's a tough one to swallow when you are so close. |
| 1:15.6 | I lost to the better player and I have to congratulate him and move on. |
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