Roland-Garros 2022 – Carlos Alcaraz after his elimination: “I feel that I have the level to win a Grand Slam” – Eurosport FR

Suddenly he looked his age. He may prove, tournament after tournament for months, that he is programmed to win, this Tuesday, the robot Carlos Alcaraz experienced a bug at startup. At 19, for the first time in the quarter-finals here, the Spaniard returned to his match in the third set. It’s late. Especially against customers as serious as the authoritarian Alexander Zverev. If the German promised mountains and wonders to the new darling of the circuit in the future, he was on time when starting his quarter-final. “What I missed was to start my match better, he also admitted in a press conference. In the third and in the fourth set, I started to play better but it was not enough. I started too late”. His burst in the third set and his fury in the fourth almost pushed the German to a fifth set. But waiting until your back is against the wall to rebel remains a risky strategy.Roland-GarrosThe Grand Slam is something elseA HOUR AGODifferent from the US Open, same purposeThis Tuesday, we saw the difference between a prodigious kid who is still discovering these altitudes and a regular at second-week meetings. “He has already played a Grand Slam final, a Grand Slam semi-final. I don’t have enough tanned skin yet,” he slipped into a smile. Proof that, according to his reading of the match, everything was decided on experience, which he inevitably lacks at 19. “I already discovered the fact of playing a Grand Slam quarter-final, did he – he estimated when taking stock of his fortnight in Paris, stopped earlier than some would have thought. I could have discovered it at the US Open but I was injured. Here, it was completely different, I played, I had opportunities to fight and opportunities to qualify for the semi-finals. But at this level, you play against the best players in the world, who have already experienced these sensations. Most importantly, I believe is to live these moments, on this kind of Grand Slam rounds”. Mourad d’Auteuil: “Agassi, a guy with an incredible look who would have made Elton John blush” No pressure as to the status of “favorite “Could he have experienced a form of pressure at the sight of the forecasts which bombarded him as the favorite of this quarter-final and a candidate for the final victory? “I did not think that I was the favorite during this match, he swept before returning to this heavy status of exciting outsider. It did not weigh on me to have the feeling that I was the favourite, I didn’t think so. Today Zverev was just better than me.” There remains a pride in him, to have had the impression of giving everything, even too late. “I leave the court and the tournament with my head held high,” he added. conviction of having a golden destiny. This defeat did not alter this state of mind to listen to him. “I have the skills and the level to be able to win this match, he explained. I’m not going to say the opposite: I continue to feel that I can win a Grand Slam, I feel that I have the level. But the matches are long and there are details that escaped me today. I have to learn and work on these small details that I have to improve”. So, see you at the next test. To validate it, this time?Roland-GarrosZverev, as we would like to see him all the time3 HOURS AGORoland-GarrosLoit: “I want it to continue, we need stars and great ladies like Serena Williams”4 HOURS AGO