The tears shed on the finish of the match confirmed probably the most emotional aspect of Carlos Alcaraz. The ultimate of the boys’s singles match on the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games was one of many highlights in tennis historical past, because it earned the primary gold medal of the profession of the Serbian champion Novak Djokovic, after a efficiency that borders on perfection.
The crowning of a dream for the 24-time Grand Slam champion and an ideal disappointment for the 21-year-old Spaniard – in tears on the finish of the match – who was caressing the dream of turning into the youngest Olympic champion within the historical past of tennis.
In an interview with Eurosport, Alcaraz analyzed the defeat and talked in regards to the features of his sport on which he nonetheless has room to enhance.
“When the ceremony was over, I went on my bike to chill out and there we talked with Juan Carlos slightly in regards to the match, principally about what occurred. In a match that was so laborious fought you do not have to have a look at many particulars, however in the long run when it was time to lift the extent we did not do it and Djokovic did. In the long run it is the one factor I can reproach myself for or that I’ve to enhance within the tiebreaks and break factors that I had in my favor. He raised the extent and I did not. If you lose alternatives in opposition to somebody like Djokovic, you then pay the worth. It is a match that I am going to take into consideration as a result of a majority of these conditions make you develop, due to this match I will be a greater participant and for this I am going to analyze it and take a look at the main points,” he analyzed.
Nonetheless, the Spaniard needs to instantly overcome the frustration and look to the longer term.
“We at all times need to enhance and reap the benefits of each second, each match, each match to proceed enhancing, reside the experiences and attempt to preserve the optimistic issues from these matches, these moments and in addition the adverse ones, in order that when this example occurs once more or after I discover myself in that scenario once more, it does not occur once more. In the long run, tennis evolves and we need to proceed enhancing in order that a majority of these matches go in our favor,” he added.
