2023-08-01 15:09:28
By Adrian Bez
Posted 15 minutes ago, Just updated
Carlos Alcaraz receives the congratulations, Arthur Fils the encouragement. REUTERS/ANDREW COULDRIDGE/REUTERS/CATHRIN MUELLER
DECRYPTAGE – Congratulations, encouragement, warnings… What results for the best tennis players in the world after the seasons on clay and grass?
Congratulation
Carlos Alcaraz
His term could have turned sour, but the Monte Carlo package was just a scare. The Spanish prodigy then won Barcelona and Madrid, where he was defending champion, before skipping Rome to stay fresh for Roland-Garros. His excellent Porte d’Auteuil career unfortunately ended with devastating cramps in the semi-final against Novak Djokovic. “People were worried to see me in this state, but it was just the result of the tension I had to deal with during this match, the nervousness of playing against Djokovic“said the world No.1 in the process. But in the Wimbledon final against the same Serb a month later, if there was stress, it didn’t show. Alcaraz triumphed after an exceptional final, gleaning his second Grand Slam title at 20 years old. Not without having won the Queen’s as a warm-up. Simply brilliant.
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