Carlos Alcaraz after Wimbledon defeat: My rivalry with Jannik Sinner will only get better | Tennis News
Carlos Alcaraz had told the media that he could “keep his head high” despite his Wimbledon final defeat against Jannik Sinner on Sunday, saying that their rivalry will only improve.
Alcaraz’s offer for a third consecutive title to the All England Club Completed with a loss of 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the central courtLeaving him to digest a first final defeat of the great slam during his career, after winning five against five.
This time, it was the world sinner n ° 1, the first Italian to win a title of simple Wimbledon, which came from behind, in
Three hours and four minutes – almost two and a half hours faster than their French open epic.
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Dan Khan and Raz Mirza de Sky Sports examine the victory of Sinner over Alcaraz and discuss if the duo will dominate at the US Open
“It is always a bad sense of losing matches. It’s a bit worse when you lose in a final,” said Alcaraz at his post-match press conference.
“I am just proud of everything I have done in the past four weeks on the grass in London. I leave Wimbledon, the courtyard, my head very high because I did everything I could.
“I played against someone who played an incredible game. So I’m just a little sad to lose, but the head is very high.”
After the pensions of the great tennis, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray in recent years, and with Novak Djokovic, 38, in winter of his career, the young Duo Alcaraz and Sinner fired at the top of sport.
The two players have now raised eight of the last nine titles of the Grand Chelem, including seven consecutive.
“Whenever we play each other, I think our level is really high. We don’t see a level like this. I don’t see any player playing against each other with the level we play when we face each other,” said Alcaraz.
“This rivalry, it becomes better and better. We play in the final of Grand Chelem, finals of masters and the best tournaments in the world. It will improve.
“I am really grateful for that because it gives me the opportunity to give 100% each training, every day, just to be better. The level I have to maintain and I have to raise if I want to beat Jannik is really high.”
‘Sinner needed this victory’
Sinner has ended the Alcaraz victories sequence in Wimbledon to seal his young girl’s title at the All England Club
Sinner coach Darren Cahill admitted that even if the Italian has not taken any of his rivals for acquired, he pays additional attention to Alcaraz.
“Jannik is watching more Carlos matches than himself because he is fascinated by the improvements that arrive in his game, and he pushes us as trainers to make sure that he improves as a tennis player,” Cahill told Media.
“Today was important not only because it was a big home final, not only because it was Wimbledon, and not only because Carlos had won the last five games against him.
“He needed this victory today. Today, I think it was a game of moments, who was going to intensify the big moment and to move something. In Roland-Garros, it was Carlos, and today it was Jannik. So we couldn’t be more proud of him.”
Redemption of the sinner
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Pinner and Alcaraz discuss their rivalry, their differences and the way they push each other to become better players
Sinner, who ended at the end of all Alcaraz events, 24 games at the end of all events and 20 games in Wimbledon, was very satisfied to end his own series of five successive defeats against Spanish.
Only five weeks have passed since Alcaraz surprisingly saved three match points in a final battle of the French Open for the ages.
“I think this is the part of which I am most proud of because it was not easy,” said Sinner, who only returned to May after having served a three -month doping ban.
“I always tried to be honest with me and I also had self -speech, and if, if?” I always tried to accept it. Things can happen.
“I believe that if you lose a final of the Grand Chelem in this way, it’s much better like that that someone kills you.” Then, after continuing, continue to push.
“I did a lot of intensity in each practice because I had the impression of being able to play very well. This is why I also said that after Roland Garros that it was not the time to lower myself, because another big slam to come and I did good here.”
“Champions learn losses”
Alcaraz has shown lightning on the central field but was below its usual level, losing a first Grand Slam final in six attempts
Alcaraz expected the sinner to reset himself quickly and returns to him, the Spaniard saying: “He did not surprise me at all. Champions learn losses.
“I knew at the beginning that he was going to learn from this final, not to make the same mistakes. The way he played today was really, really high.”
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