Le prodige de 20 ans aura droit au plus grand match de sa carrière dimanche à Wimbledon. Sans pitié pour le finaliste 2021 Matteo Berrettini et son ami d'enfance Holger Rune, Carlos Alcaraz a été tout simplement monstrueux ce vendredi face à Daniil Medvedev. Vainqueur de l'US Open 2022, le natif d'El Palmar a détruit le Russe 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 en 1h50. Tout simplement épatant. Alcaraz aura donc une l'occasion de remporter un deuxième titre du Grand Chelem et de sauver sa place de numéro 1 mondial contre Novak Djokovic dimanche. L'opportunité de laisser le mauvais souvenir de Roland-Garros derrière lui.
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00:00 Well, yeah, I played great today.
00:01 You know, I saw a really good level,
00:06 you know, tennis level and tactical level as well.
00:09 You know, it's one of my best matches on grass right now.
00:16 I'm really, really happy to get through the final.
00:19 How much do you like grass now?
00:25 It could become my best surface now,
00:33 but I always like to play on grass,
00:36 but probably after this year, even more.
00:41 It was a rougher one here for the first time against Roger,
00:48 and it was so special because of that.
00:51 For you, how important is it to win it against the champ,
00:57 against Novak?
00:58 Well, it gives you extra motivation.
01:02 I think it's more special to play, you know, a final
01:06 against a legend, you know, from our sport.
01:11 Well, if I win,
01:16 it would be amazing for me,
01:19 not only, you know, win a Wimbledon title,
01:22 but do it against Novak.
01:28 It would be super special, you know, but I always say that
01:31 if you want to be the best, you have to be the best, you know,
01:33 and Novak is one of them.
01:38 So it would be great, you know, if I do it.
01:42 Where do you rate this match?
01:49 Among all the very good matches you played on a tennis court,
01:53 was it your absolute best level?
01:55 Not that far? How do you rate it?
01:57 Well, yeah, I mean,
02:01 this round probably was one of my best
02:05 matches, not only on grass, but
02:09 on the tour, you know.
02:16 You know, I rate like 8 from 10, something like that.
02:21 It was amazing for me.
02:23 I saw a great level.
02:25 So, yeah, probably one of my best matches.
02:28 Carlos, when you played Novak at Roland Garros,
02:32 you suffered cramp in the semi-final.
02:35 What do you do to stop that from happening?
02:37 It's not going to be as hot on Sunday.
02:40 And what lessons did you learn from that match with Novak in the last four?
02:44 Well, I tried to, you know, get into the court with
02:49 not as much nerves as I probably had,
02:55 you know, in the French Open, in the semi-final.
02:58 I tried to pull out all nerves,
03:01 tried to, you know, enjoy that moment,
03:04 because probably in the semi-final at the French Open,
03:11 I didn't do, you know, I didn't enjoy it at all,
03:14 you know, in the first half, probably.
03:16 You know, I'll do something different,
03:23 you know, before the matches.
03:24 I prepared the match a little bit different, you know, from the French Open.
03:29 So it's going to be different for me.
03:31 I hope not to get cramp in the final, but
03:34 I think I'll be better on Sunday.
03:40 Carlos, with that in mind, at the back here,
03:43 what will you do differently before the match?
03:46 You say you will do something differently.
03:48 What is that?
03:49 Well, you know, physically,
03:53 I'll do the same that
03:57 I was doing, you know, before the matches.
04:02 But probably in the mental part,
04:03 I will do something different, you know, to stay calm,
04:09 so that I'm not nervous.
04:11 You know, I'll do some exercise in the mental part.
04:17 I don't know
04:18 what I'm going to do, but I'll do some exercise, you know, to stay calm
04:23 and to forget that, or I'll try to forget that I'm going to play a final against Novak.
04:28 Carlos, you said you were pleased with your tactics against Daniel today.
04:34 Do you already know in your head what your tactics will be against Novak?
04:40 Not yet.
04:41 I have to get deep, you know, into that, because Novak has no weakness.
04:50 So it's going to be really tough to find,
04:53 you know, the way to beat Daniel for him.
05:00 So right now is not the time to think about it.
05:05 I will have time tomorrow.
05:08 The day off is for, you know, to prepare the match.
05:12 So I talked with my team and we will find the way to, you know, to win Novak.
05:21 Novak said that the eyes of the world, the sports world,
05:27 beyond the tennis world, will be on this match.
05:30 How would you describe the importance of this match to you?
05:36 Probably this is going to be the best moment of my life.
05:43 Probably.
05:44 You know, playing a final against Wimbledon is something that I dreamed about
05:53 when I started playing tennis.
05:55 And as I said before, it's even better playing against Novak.
05:59 So it's going to be a really emotional moment for me
06:03 that I'll try to stay calm in that moment.
06:07 But, you know, probably for Novak it's, you know, one more day,
06:14 you know, one more moment.
06:16 But for me, it's going to be the best moment of my life, I think.
06:20 Carlos, I'm going to challenge you with a different question.
06:24 Your grandfather played tennis, your father played tennis,
06:28 because you and your brothers played tennis.
06:31 Why do you think you stood out in this crazy,
06:34 the family crazy about tennis?
06:36 Do you have any explanation?
06:37 Second part is, Rafael Nadal, the King of Play,
06:41 he won those French Opens, all those French Opens.
06:46 But Wimbledon was the tournament that he wanted to win when he was young.
06:50 Did that happen to you?
06:52 Say again.
06:55 OK, about the family.
06:57 Yeah.
06:58 About the family.
06:59 Why do you think you stood out having the same genes?
07:02 And then if Wimbledon really was like it was for Rafael Nadal,
07:06 the Grand Slam that he wanted to win first when he was a kid?
07:09 No, no.
07:11 The first thing is between you and the family.
07:15 Because you were the one who was at the top of tennis.
07:22 Not your father, not your grandfather.
07:25 Not your father, not your grandfather, your brother, your sister.
07:28 Why did you choose Wimbledon?
07:30 I don't know.
07:31 I mean, my father couldn't turn pro,
07:39 you know, couldn't, you know, pursue his dream,
07:45 you know, to be a professional tennis player.
07:47 He was all times, he was different times than now.
07:53 That's obviously.
07:53 And he was, I would say, tougher, you know,
07:56 to get more deep into the tennis.
08:00 You know, and he couldn't.
08:02 And, you know, he always wanted to
08:05 to be into tennis, you know, as a coach.
08:11 I mean, all my brothers know how to play tennis.
08:16 You know, and my dream,
08:20 it was always to be professional and pursue my dream
08:23 since I started playing tennis.
08:25 So I would say it was, you know, the ambitious
08:31 that I could reach my dream to be professional.
08:37 I don't know how to explain it, but I'm going to say that.
08:41 Rafa, Rafa.
08:45 Rafa, you wanted to win Wimbledon when you were young.
08:51 I wanted to win Wimbledon when I was young.
08:54 You too.
08:56 Well, I don't know.
08:59 I always wanted to win all the Grand Slams.
09:06 But as I said before, I would say
09:08 here in Wimbledon is the most beautiful tournament that I played.
09:14 Yeah, probably is one of the slams that I
09:23 want to win first.
09:24 You said mental exercises before the final.
09:31 Is there someone you work with on that?
09:34 You have a psychologist or something like that?
09:38 Yeah, I have a psychologist that I work with with her
09:42 since, you know, the beginning of 2020.
09:45 You know, she helped me a lot.
09:48 And, you know, I will talk with her
09:51 how to, you know, prepare that match, that important moment for me.
09:57 That is going to be easy.
09:58 But, you know, I'll talk with her.
10:02 Hi Carlos, congratulations for reaching the final.
10:07 We know you grew up idolizing Roger, but what is Novak to you?
10:12 What is Djokovic? What do you admire about him?
10:15 Well, you know, I grew up watching
10:21 watching him as well.
10:24 I mean, I admire him the most.
10:28 He's the most like.
10:30 You know, he has been all,
10:36 you know, the big guys, you know,
10:39 Roger and Rafa when he was younger.
10:44 You know, being the guy he is right now
10:51 and everything he has been through is amazing.
10:56 And I mean, as I said before, he has no weakness.
11:00 He's a really complete guy, a really complete player.
11:03 He's amazing.
11:05 You know, he does nothing wrong on the court.
11:11 Physically, he's a beast.
11:14 Mentally, he's a beast.
11:16 Everything is unbelievable for him.
11:19 So I think it's a mix of everything that I admire him the most.