Novak Djokovic a pris sa revanche. Dimanche soir, après une finale épique, le Serbe a remporté son 95e titre ATP à Cincinnati. Nole a vaincu Carlos Alcaraz après 3h48 de combat, 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6(4). Une rencontre complètement folle qui a tourné dans le sens du numéro 2 mondial. Un mois et demi après la finale de Wimbledon, Djokovic a prouvé à tout le monde qu'il était encore au top et capable de battre Carlos Alcaraz sur surface rapide. Notons qu'avec ce 39e Masters 1000, le Djoker améliore son propre record dans cette catégorie.
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00:00 Thank you, but not yet. I don't know. It's a crazy match that we've been through today.
00:10 A rollercoaster of a match, to be honest. I don't think I've played too many matches like this in my life.
00:17 Maybe I can compare it to Nadal's finals in the Australian Open in 2012.
00:24 The distance was obviously three sets a day, but almost four hours.
00:30 Some phases of the match went the way of one player, some the other player.
00:37 We went kind of toe to toe. I started off better, but then he just struggled a lot physically on the court.
00:45 He used it. He was set on a break.
00:48 When he played a poor game to give me the break, I was quite solid that game.
00:54 I thought, "Okay, maybe I have a chance."
00:57 Then I fought and believed that I could make it. It was really anybody's game.
01:03 I thought the third set had many chances, maybe even for a double break.
01:09 The match point at 5-3 was unbelievable.
01:14 It was kind of a showcase of what this whole match was about.
01:20 That match point saved from him.
01:23 It was just one of the most exciting and toughest mentally, emotionally, physically matches that I've ever had in my career.
01:33 Congratulations.
01:35 Thank you.
01:37 Obviously, people have known about Al Paco for a long time.
01:41 He's a better team than you.
01:43 Has he done emotional and mental stress?
01:46 Does that surprise you in the last few matches with him?
01:51 It doesn't surprise me anymore.
01:53 It was surprising me maybe at the end of last year or beginning of this year.
01:59 What he was doing, the way he won big matches, big tournaments, was so impressive.
02:07 Coming out in important moments, going for it, brave.
02:13 You just have to put your heads down to a guy like that who plays so maturely and handles the pressure so well for a 20-year-old.
02:25 We cannot forget how young he is.
02:29 That's something that is so impressive about him.
02:33 It kind of reminds me of the feeling that I have on the court.
02:40 It reminds me a little bit of when I was facing Nadal when we were at our prime of our careers.
02:52 Each point is a hustle.
02:55 Each point is a battle.
02:57 You feel like you're not going to get maybe five free points in the entire match.
03:02 You've got to basically earn every single point, every single shot.
03:08 Regardless of the conditions, obviously, if you play on slower conditions, slower courts, even more so.
03:15 Here, the ball bounces quite high and pretty quick.
03:21 Nevertheless, we both found a way to play a four-hour match for three sets.
03:28 It doesn't surprise me, to be honest.
03:30 I do wish that sometimes I can play maybe in some moments slightly more aggressive.
03:37 Maybe I should have.
03:40 One thing is to analyze the game before or after a match and maybe think about things that you could have done better.
03:47 The other one is really being there on the court and experiencing what you're experiencing
03:53 and trying to tactically play the correct point, especially against him,
04:01 knowing that he's going to run down every single shot.
04:06 That match point, save for him, I ran him around two or three different corners.
04:13 From deep backhand corner, I played a solid forehand drop shot.
04:19 He was there in no time and made a passing shot in the corner.
04:22 It's just amazing to be able to experience that with him on the court.
04:30 I think all of the matches that we played against each other went distance.
04:36 First match in Madrid last year, 7-6 in the third today.
04:41 Both Grand Slam matches, four or five setters.
04:44 It just keeps getting better, I guess, for the fans, for us.
04:48 I don't know if we are enjoying it so much, but it's definitely a challenge that we both need to embrace and accept
04:57 because that's what's required from both of us in order to win big titles.
05:05 Everywhere you went this week, there was a large group of fans there,
05:10 from a practice office, holding up the stadium, earlier in the week to tonight's crowd
05:14 that seemed to live and die on every point with you and Carlos.
05:17 Can you describe your experience this week as you've interacted with the Cincinnati fans?
05:21 Amazing.
05:23 As I said on the court, fans the entire week, for all the players, I can speak on my behalf,
05:31 were super kind, nice, supportive.
05:34 They welcomed me with their open arms.
05:36 The first practice session I had, full stadium, it was amazing.
05:41 A couple of years not being in the USA, obviously I didn't know the way I'm going to be accepted by the fans or welcomed.
05:50 It was a perfect week in every sense.
05:55 I just have, obviously, big thanks to say and to give to all of them.