Watched by Brad and Bond, Novák learned the first rule... even legends must Skyfall

BRAD PITT and Daniel Craig were at Wimbledon yesterday and it was probably the first time they have had bit parts in a pantomime.

- ANDY DUNN

The knockabout stuff (Craig and Pitt, below) was incidental to an absolute classic but, for much of an epic showdown, Novak Djokovic was the villain.

It was hardly surprising the Centre Court crowd were overwhelmingly supportive of Carlos Alcaraz but the level of anti-Djokovic volume threatened to be disrespectful.

Football-style chanting of one player's name? Surely that's just not tennis.

Once they had helped their young man over the line, the attitude shifted, the beaten Djokovic receiving the farewell ovation a seven-time champion deserves.

After the kid had conquered the GOAT, perhaps everyone realised the significance of the occasion the Greatest Of All Time having the baton wrenched from his grip.

Djokovic, 36, cannot play much better than he did in his 35th Grand Slam final and the 20-year-old Spaniard is only going to improve.