Carlos Alcaraz talks to TODAY about win over Novak Djokovic
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- Fresh off his win at Wimbledon, tennis star Carlos Alcaraz talks to TODAY about his epic win against the reigning king Novak Djokovic.
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I remember watching Alcaraz popping up in '21 and thought to myself, like everyone else, that "this kid is going to be something else". But none of us would have imagined that just two years later, he would be beating Djokovic in a 5-setter at a Wimbledon final (AFTER winning the USO and becoming N.1). He is truly special.
Jake agree we all could see it !!
Yeah but before the final you thought it was possible. Well I did I literally bet on him winning 3-2 😁
Also his grand slam record last year was exactly the same as Lleyton Hewitt 2001 and even his seeding in Wimbledon last year & this year was the same as Hewitt 2001 & 2002 with identical results both years so I thought he'd win Wimbledon this year but obviously I knew Djokovic in the final would be a difficult match.
Stopped watching tennis since Roger stoped playing; however; when I was trying to watch the game btw him and Sasha; I started to root for Sasha; then he stole my heart. I was like- who is this guy? Amazing and beautiful shots! I thought no one can ever hit a artistic forehand as Roger any more; but he did carried on Roger’s Beauty if not more. I am so happy to see a young player like him.❤
How can you not love this guy
I don't think it's possible
his smile is contagious. Such a sweet and kind young man. The tennis world should be very proud of this young man. His going to change the world.
Carlos is a very sweet person! Glad he won!
What a good guy. I wish him continued success!
he was wonderful in this Wimbledon finale. And so happy that he won. Hope this is the beginning of a new generation in tennis.
It is Carlos is so competitive and technically wonderful.
@@ciccioaporta3774even if he does that accidentally, he will go and apologise just like nadal.
Awesome! A true sportsman! A beautiful match! Carlos Alcaraz is a class act! I hope for him good health, stable support coach/team and many years of tennis!
What a nice guy! I wish him the best.
Carlitos is an amazing player and he will be the future of tennis for many many more years!!
A tennis phenom. Refreshing in his obvious enjoyment of the moment.
Carlos rewrote tennis history. He prevented Novak from matching both Federer (8 titles) and Borg / Federer (5 in a row). Also the French/Wimbledon double for a second time and a potential calendar slam and the No.1 ranking as well as undisputed greatest status. This was incredibly significant. Much more than people realize.. Carlos is the most complete player i have ever seen at 20. Generational talent. And he is still developing. Wait and watch.
His coach said his protégé was only 60% of his potential...wasn't that last year? Navratilova advised him few days before final to use more backhand slices....and he DID!! Fast learner....
@@benitadewet9344absolutely. His slice was good but it became lethal at crucial moments. Unreal
If he reduce his unforced error then he is scary in tennis.
Back in 2020 I saw Carlos for the first time and I said: "he will be #1 and win Grand Slams". He already has and he is only 20 years old! (: He is by far my favorite player! I just love him so much! (:
Amazing player!❤
A genuine star is the new King of men's tennis is just 20 😮...Carlos came back in stunning fashion like a veteran.
He's done interviews with English and Spanish press. He must be exhausted.
Karlitosa volimo jer ima NOVAKOVSKI MENTALITET i ljudske osobine -dobrota,postenje i iskrenost.Jedva cekamo ponovo da vas vidimo zajedno.❤❤❤
Tiene más bien el carácter de Rafa, que es sencillez, humildad de verdad, buen comportamiento etc novak dio un bochornoso espectaculo con su comportamiento en la final, raqueta rota incluida
He’s such a cutie!
Congrats Carlos 🏆🎊
Carlos Weldone!! You simply the best. I'm wishing you many more. God Bless!! 👏👏🥂🙌🏆🥇🏅🎾🥎🎈
Good interview 😊
This guy makes me so happy, it makes me so happy to know that Carlos will dominate tennis from now on
yesterday was just a relief❤
I agree. He has to keep his fitness. He should know his limits and stop when he needs to and restart. That's what the the great trio fedal djoker did. He should emulate that. He should enjoy playing and we should enjoy his play. That's what sports is all about.
How do you know?
@@sladjanasimic5486 i feel it
I reckon this guy will break all tennis records. He's a fantastic player.
@josephx1807 Mr.Alcaraz looks like the greatest thing since sliced cheese, let' s see if he can win on average 2 GS tournaments over the next decade, because that' s what it takes to be in the same league with the Big boys.
Let's see can he win the 🥇 Slam in 2024 like Graf did in 1988?
You are so righty, graduate of the Nadal Tennis Academy. His mentor was the best.
only injuries will prevent him at this point
I highly doubt it. The big 3 won so many because they all pushed eachother and kept raising eachothers game. Alcaraz doesn't really have a rival
Prodigy
Congratulations
Amazing kid.
Great Champion. He definitely seems a much nicer guy than Federer.
Well done 👏🏻
Congrats Carlos🎉🎾😎
Carlitos is the most faster player in the court, we admire you and are so proud of you
What a speed!!
Well done Carlitos
We love you 💕💪🎾
Her tennis IS , not word. Is an authentic prodigy boy.
Alcatraz is better than Federer and nadal. Especially Federer because I don't think Federer could have ever defeated Novak in a close 5 set match. He would have crumbled under pressure
The humble himself ❤❤❤
Bogu hvala da jos neko moze da pobedi sem njega.
🏆🏆🏆
His a young Athlete with a hunger for winning. Emma Raducanu was good but Tennis was never her #1 priority like it is for Carlos. Having a strong team behind you defently helps.
Raducanu was good in about 2-3 tournaments so far. Alcaraz has been great in dozens so far. No comparison.
Carlos ackros Wimbledon champion congratulations
God he must be so tired after so many interviews and partying last night!
He's on adrenaline high....
he's 20...youth energy. glad he did it
This phenom will take over tennis for next 15 years. He is all round player...so scary. Now bookmakers will make him favorite in al surface including airspace too😂
It's too early to say 15 years. 10 years.
Carlos you saved wimbo! Now save US Open
sry but novak will win that 1
He is very lucky to have won the 2nd set else the picture would have been completely different
Jajajajaja the Luck is searched, not given…
As Djokovic was lucky Carlos cramped at RG.....?
Winners make their own luck. There was nothing lucky about a 118 mph 1st serve return winner that was well placed to win the set. Nothing.
Djokovic is lucky to win lot of crunch points and close games, particularly against Federer. I know you would say '40-15' chokerer, deep inside you also know how lucky Djokovic got, which he himself admitted in his runner up speech
@@organic_healthywellness6126 Exactly. At their level and on grass it comes down to a few points here and there. Djokovic said as much during the sinner match even though he won in straight sets.
Has there been other matches in Wimbledon at least men's and in modern era at Wimbledon where there's been a game that's lasted longer than 1 of the whole sets in the same match?
I say in men's specifically because the service game's in Men's top level Tennis is much higher ratio of servers winning than women's.
Why not report about the women's final or interview Marketa?
All credit to Alcaraz for this win but Rafa did it similarly against Federer and it is still the best match ever played at Wimbledon. Rafa is Rafa.
This big difference is that Carlos has adapted so quickly and completely to grass in such a remarkably short period of time.
No need to gatekeep for Rafa - each generation has its own legends, and in Carlos you’re watching the birth of one. As an old tennis-head of many a decade I’ve seen the changing of the guard numerous times and they all created their own legend. Were The Big Three the best ever? By the numbers, sure - but that takes nothing away from watching the former greats at the top of their craft. From Laver to Sampras, from Johnny Mac & Borg and Agassi, to Connors & Lendl, they were all magnificent at their peak in their own right.
Yes, the third Rafa/Fed encounter is widely considered the best ever at Wimby - and that’s fine, it was a work of art, unforgettable. But it was also Rafa’s *third* try vs Carlos’s first - both against legendary players on a Wimbledon unbeaten streak. From that historical perspective alone yesterday’s final is already legendary. Add to that the espectacular play & high drama for almost 5 hours and you have a spectacle that will stand the test of time & become a classic.
For now, be grateful for what we had…and enjoy watching a new legend forge his way to the record books. The future is now & his name is Alcaraz.
@@OwnRules1 no one is gatekeeping...its just when the hosts start talking about things in a historical perspective and they miss a major part of that history (with regards to last gen like Djokovic, Fed and Nadal), then it needs to be mentioned that things like this have happened. Will Alcaraz pass the past gen? Maybe who knows...looks like it. But till then let's keep things in context. He has won two majors. Medvedev has that many. Let's see if he wins 20...till then Rafa is Rafa.
2008 final is the most overrated match ever.
@@Vipa567 I agree maybe one of the best but not THE best. But one thing is whenever the longest, toughest etc etc is mentioned, Rafa is usually one half of the equation. But if you are implying that both Rafa and Roger are overrated, then I don't know what sport you have been watching.
There were a few points that had Djokovic not made some uncharacteristic errors the match could easily have gone the other way. But that's tennis.
Alvarez? reall;y?
She didn’t say Alvarez, it’s the English pronunciation of his last name it sounded Alvarez 😅😅
Typical stupid American media.
It was carlos day .... congrads . He capitolised over novak lapses in 2nd set tie break at 6-5 and 5th set break point . Thats it ...
At his Prime? Novak is 36 years old and is 2 years away from Retirement.
Bout time Nadal retired cos Carlitos will make another world for tennis with Sinner , Hukazc , Daniel , Tsisitpas , Zrerev and etc. All the best.
Daniel? 😂
At 36 you can't really say Nole is "in his prime".
I think in Djoko's case you could say he is in his prime, because he follows a very strict diet and exercise regime, and has been relatively injury free, he's more experienced than he was 10 years ago, both as a player and as a competitor, so it's fair to say he's in his prime more than any of his contemporaries like Murray, Wawrinka and injured Nadal.
When was he playing better than now?
Yeah, when Federer fans says in 2019 final, he was almost 38 and not in prime, Djokovic fans mock 'Excuses, excuses age excuses'. Now, when you're experiencing the heat, you become defensive about it. In addition to that, if Djokovic won almost every major slam from last few years, it's safe to say he's in his prime still. It's just that he was more brutal in 2011-2016 period!
He is winning GS at 36. Two of them, AO and RG, in 2023. Djokovic has won most of his GS in his thirties.
@@michelez715 nah, novak is making more forehand errors, and he was looking slower until the wimbledon final
0:20 at his prime? 😂 Novak is way pass his prime lady.
Yeah, when Federer fans says in 2019 final, he was almost 38 and not in prime, Djokovic fans mock 'Excuses, excuses age excuses'. Now, when you're experiencing the heat, you become defensive about it. In addition to that, if Djokovic won almost every major slam from last few years, it's safe to say he's in his prime still. It's just that he was more brutal in 2011-2016 period!
Novaks prime was 2015 at the age of 28.
@@organic_healthywellness6126 For me Prime is when you're at your Peak. Novak was in his Prime from 2011-16. The Reason he won many Slams in his 30s is because the Nex Gen was way weaker then his competition in 2011-16.
At his prime in 36
I thought absolutely the same.
@@fuyoiil8919 It’s fugaze haha, they love rubbing salt on Djokovic’s wounds
Can’t blame them when he’s been absolutely dominant in the last 12 years till this day
Yeah, when Federer fans says in 2019 final, he was almost 38 and not in prime, Djokovic fans mock 'Excuses, excuses age excuses'. Now, when you're experiencing the heat, you become defensive about it. In addition to that, if Djokovic won almost every major slam from last few years, it's safe to say he's in his prime still. It's just that he was more brutal in 2011-2016 period!
He is winning GS at 36. Two of them, AO and RG, in 2023. Djokovic has won most of his GS in his thirties.
@@organic_healthywellness6126
Federer wasn't in his Prime in 2019 but his level of Tennis at Wimbledon that year was even better then some of the ones he won against Roddick when he was in his Prime.
Here it goes again... Carlos Alcaraz mom (Virginia Alcaraz Garcia) is white, blondie and blue eyes. Carlos Alcaraz little adolescent brother has brown hair and green eyes. Carlos Alcaraz himself is green eyed and his father as well.
Media - Tennis excellence and celebrating youth is great, and/but we also seem to be in an era of increasing ageing rate (people are getting older/less effective or functional (eg, physical and even mental faculties such as clarity/comprehension/synthesis) sooner, on an average, as compared to, say, a few decades earlier) so, it may also be worthwhile to (please) bring a little public focus/attention to the state of health, competency and fitness a young(er) 36years (old?) (arguably a legend in that respect alone?) repeatedly brings to demonstrate - it could be something aspirational to catch the general public imagination, especially younger generation of our society/times and, to emulate in terms of every day habits/discipline or even smaller details that the general public nurturing has taken for granted and lapsed (increasingly over the last few decades).
Great, great victory Charlie! Please stay off of hard courts as much as possible. I know you will play the US Open and Australian Open, but stay off hard courts as much as you can. They will injure your legs like they did Nadal and many other pros. I'm a former tennis pro. I know what I'm talking about. BEWARE! I asked Jimmy Conners ages ago about hard courts. He said they are brutal and inhumane. Many other pros agreed. Some pros can handle them, a few, most can't. I couldn't. I injured both of my knees and my shins on them and ended a very promising tennis career. I was a world-ranked player. Nadal injured his legs so badly on them that he couldn't play as well again. They are brutal, inhumane, and very incorrect and stupid for tennis, causing many unnecessary injuries in an already very physically demanding sport. Anyone who practices and plays on them for many hours can get severely injured! Watch and see. It will happen to you Charlie, if you're not careful. I would hate to see that. I'm very glad Europe has stayed on clay and grass, if they hadn't, tennis would probably have died already. Most people hate cement courts. I vote to ban cement courts forever!
This is a Southern European look, not a Mexican Mestizo look. People would mistaken this man for a Mexican Mestizo
@@anauticalgate5496 You 😠. Stay mad. You want Southern European Aesthetics, to be Mestizo Aesthetics. Ain't gonna happen.😁😁😁😁😁
@@anauticalgate5496 I will comment on a free public social media platform. And Southern Europeans, are not Mestizo. Deal what it.
@@anauticalgate5496 I wonder if you a Mestizo. Is that why your being combative.
@@anauticalgate5496 Mestizos are not Southern European's. You want them to be the same. Ain't gonna happen bozo
I don't like cultural thieves either, bum.
He took the Serbian fascist down who pathetically blamed everything from the wind, the crowd, the ball bounce, the grass, and his bladder for his boss. Long overdue.
Djokovic is not in his prime. He is like 36 years old
He just won Roland Garros and the Australian Open playing probably the best tennis of his life and you say he is not in his prime?
Do you actually follow tennis or you just get the summaries of the news?
Not in physical prime but certainly in his tennis prime in terms of skill
I dont think Novak on the prime…. his prime has passed this just another circle but not really on his peak.
Novak Djokovic is the GOAT. Rarely loses tie breaks and Alcaraz is not beating him if 2 sets down. 2nd set was crucial.
Djokovic also has 96% match winning percentage after winning the first set (best ever in the world. 2nd place is Bjorn Borg). Alcaraz is the future of tennis but he's not winning 20+ grand slam tournaments in his career.
He can win Eight Wimbledons. Federer won his 1st at 22. Novak at 24.
@@jeffreykaufmann2867was it in 20? Or 24?
@@nicke89 ?
i really dont want to pop your bubble peoples but get a life Novak will be back he is not in his prime yet buddies lol he will win the us open
He is good looking , gret body gret manners, best tennis player. The hole paqueges ❤
That was not Novak in his prime. His prime is 2011 or 2015
Novak Djokovic missed too many chances and alcaraz capitalise on them.
Novak isn't in prime.When Novak in prime, Alcaraz no chance at all.
He is winning GS at 36. Two of them, AO and RG, in 2023. Djokovic has won most of his GS in his thirties.
Are you crazy? He just won the Australian Open, the French, and in the finals at Wimbledon. If anything he's gotten better as he's gotten older.