Alcaraz attacked Medvedev and his first Wimbledon final in a supreme Friday

Carlos Alcaraz I dreamed of playing in the Wimbledon final. Illusion became a real goal as he lifted the ATP 500 champion trophy from Queen’s in London on the grass. He started to believe in himself even though it was only his third tournament on grass. He also likes the room, even if it is the ‘Cathedral’, the garden that is a Swiss day out Roger Federer and is now enjoyed by the Swiss Novak Djokoviccandidate to match the record of eight titles with a fifth straight.

“Everyone knows that the favorite is Djokovic, but, to be honest, I feel that I can win the tournament, I have the confidence and the level. I prove it”, said a euphoric Alcaraz after signing this afternoon’s semifinal against the Russian Daniel Medvedev his first hangman at Wimbledon, though when Murcian was an 18-year-old boy who just wanted to know what the grass looked like. A few months ago he managed to defeat the Muscovite in the final, on a hard court, in Indian Wells.

They face each other after a duel between Novak Djokovicunbeaten in 33 matches in the tournament and on this surface, and the opponent he has to come back from two sets against in the quarterfinals of 2022, is always what everyone wants Jannik Sinner21-year-old Italian at number 8. They opened the center this Friday at 2:30 pm

Alcaraz he has won his last ten matches on grass, in the form he would have signed before the event. He earned the right to dream big, because he wanted to. “Faithful to my style, brave now for all”, he pointed out as a recipe to become the third Spaniard to reach the Wimbledon men’s final, after the two-time champion. Rafael Nadal (2008 and 2010) and the pioneer Manolo Santanawho opened the can in 1966.

On Thursday he decided not to practice on the track. He stayed at home and put himself in the hands of his physiotherapist Juanjo Moreno. It is noteworthy that he broke the routine he followed during the tournament and regained his Roland Garros habit, where he did not touch a racket between matches. “I don’t notice anything, positive or negative (because of the change from Paris to London). This is how I felt at this tournament and at Roland Garros. In Paris I also had a good tournament, ‘semis’ match Djokovic, and great parties. More of the same”.

From France he brought with him the learning of the fall he suffered from tension and demand. “I know what I did wrong and I have another chance to do better.” He was convinced that he would have handled the situation better, even though he knew that “it was a Wimbledon semifinal and I was nervous.” The four must grasp the importance of the challenge. Carlos aims high. He is the No. 1 and champion of the US Open, where he triumphed Daniel Medvedev.

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