2023-07-12 21:51:29
He did not forget the lucky hat this time Carlos Alcaraz in his appearance before the press. Relaxed and smiling, he is in the semifinals of Wimbledon for the first time, with only 16 matches on grass. An outrage that he himself is in charge of making almost routine with the following outrage.
Before Holger Rune he hit the table of the generation that he is already leading but has signs of being infinite in the future. Although he still has those nerves of someone who does everything for the first time, like these quarterfinals of the London Grand Slam: «It may be that I feel more pressure when I play with players my age than against someone like Medvedev. When I play someone like Rune, Sinner, I do feel a little more nervous. But probably when I play a Wimbledon semifinal I am going to be just as nervous against Daniil as against anyone else ».
Of course, the cry that he released when he won the first set is possible that he will repeat it against Medvedev. “He needed that scream,” he reasons. I started quite nervous, until the end of the first set I didn’t know how to control those nerves and emotions. I have been struggling internally to try to improve. Until the end I have not succeeded, the scream has helped me to release all my nerves, change the game a bit and enjoy ».
At Wimbledon he is training on the days between matches, something he did not do in Paris, but the result remains the same, penultimate round and with very good feelings. Especially at key moments. “That is the difference between the very good and the good. At times when there is tension, with 4-4, in tie breaks, it is when you have to bring out the good game, the courage that you have inside. We try. Be true to our style, be brave. That’s why I give a level plus at those times. Although in the game the feeling that one has inside is not that, it is to go for everything in each game. But maybe I’m giving a level that another player doesn’t raise it. His rival in these rooms, Holger Rune, commented that he had lacked energy, but Alcaraz relativizes and takes it as a touch to learn: «A Grand Slam is two weeks, you will never get up perfect. The players who have won many Grand Slams have not felt one hundred percent every day. And they deal with it to bring out their best version ».
Actually, it’s been 20 years and only his third Grand Slam semifinal: US Open, Roland Garros and this one at Wimbledon, but he already has the background to know how to learn from one to the other: «It will be totally different. It’s been a long time since the semi-final in Paris to analyze what I did wrong, and now I have another chance to do better. Maybe try another routine before the game, talk more before. And on Friday we are going to do it ».
So the question arises by itself, do you see yourself capable of winning the tournament? «Honestly yes. Everyone knows that the main one is Djokovic, but the feeling I have is that I am capable of winning. I have the confidence and the level, I am showing it. I feel capable of winning the tournament.”
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