Carlos Alcaraz The bad feeling of nerves went through the first set with Daniel Medvedev. She lost the tiebreak, broke free and immediately took control to win and advance to her fourth Grand Slam final, second in a row overall and at Wimbledon.
“In Roland Garros Maybe I didn’t talk about nerves, but they are there. Maybe I controlled them a little bit except in the final when the first sets got to me. At Wimbledon, playing on center court makes me a little more nervous because of how the tournament is, how I see center court and the tournament, which I see differently than others. But it’s something we do. Controlled nerves are good and necessary. If you don’t know how to manage them, they are against you. They cost me a bit in the first set, I had to manage them better to win the first set, but then I knew how to manage it better,” he explained.
He feels at a high level of play, ready to attack a second Wimbledon, regardless of the opponent. Even the seven-time champion Novak Djokovicthat when Alcaraz spoke he dominated Lorenzo Musetti two sets to zero.
“Djokovic He knows how to play Wimbledon and Grand Slam final better than me. He was more prepared in that sense than I was. But I believe in myself, at the level I play, I believe I will win. That’s what I had in mind. I will be nervous until Sunday, but I know how it feels to be in this position, I know how I can handle everything that happens until the final. “I know what I have to do,” he stressed.
Unlike in 2023, now the favorite status has fallen to him. “On the knee of Djokovic They may see me as a favorite but if he is in a final it is because of tennis and physically he is at a very high level. “I don’t consider myself a favorite, in a final I no longer see favorites, we’ll see who plays that game better and deals better with situations, but I do see myself capable of playing better than him on Sunday.”
It’s also the end of the day Spain-England Euro Cup. “I want to be part of a historic Sunday for Spanish sport. It’s so close, but at the same time so far that I don’t dare to say more than that. Having my name on a historic day for all Spaniards are incredible “Let the fan who sits on the couch and doesn’t get up until the end of the Euro Cup have fun, don’t let his nerves kill him and let him celebrate as long as he can.”
He holds the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double in the same season, something only twelve tennis players have accomplished in history. The last three, the ‘Big 3’ (Nadal, Federer and Djokovic). “I’m happy to be on that list of players. It’s something incredible and very difficult to do. We’re going to try to win it. Only a few have done it, it’s incredible for me,” he commented.
Source: La Verdad
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