Si le maître des lieux Rafael Nadal, titré à quatorze reprises Porte d'Auteuil, n'est pas là, un Espagnol pourrait malgré tout remporter l'édition 2023 de Roland-Garros. Remonté sur le trône à la suite du Masters 1000 de Rome, Carlos Alcaraz est un vrai prétendant au titre cette année. Tête de série n°1, le phénomène de 20 ans a commencé très fort en domptant l'Italien Flavio Cobolli, 159e mondial, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5. Le bras de fer n'a eu lieu que dans le dernier set où Alcaraz a commis 17 fautes directes, sur un total de 30 dans la partie. Prochain rendez-vous contre Taro Daniel au deuxième tour.
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00:00 It is often said that tennis is an individual sport,
00:04 but it is never more beautiful than when it is collective.
00:09 BNP Paribas, faithful to tomorrow's tennis for 50 years.
00:15 I think I played really great.
00:17 It was a great start here in Roland Garros.
00:21 Great match.
00:23 On Thursday I was in trouble a little bit,
00:27 but at the end I played at a great level,
00:30 so I'm really happy to get through the first round.
00:33 At the start of the match,
00:36 did it feel like you weren't going to lose a game?
00:39 It seemed to be going so fast.
00:43 What did that feel like?
00:44 Well, yeah,
00:47 I felt I couldn't lose a game.
00:52 I thought I was able to win easier than I did,
00:58 but a match can turn around in its game.
01:05 But at the start of the match I felt invincible.
01:11 [laughter]
01:12 Hi Carlos.
01:15 Today I spoke with a lot of Rafael Nadal's fans,
01:18 and even if he's not here,
01:20 the fans will be cheering for you.
01:22 Do you feel that love from the Rafael Nadal fans?
01:25 Well, yeah, I feel the love from the people.
01:30 I don't know if they are the Rafael Nadal fans or not,
01:35 but I felt the energy from the crowd,
01:39 and it was great to feel that.
01:44 Hi. In the next round you're going to play Taro Daniel,
01:54 who you played with two years ago.
01:56 Back then your ranking was 120-something,
02:01 and now you're number one.
02:03 Can you recall a little bit about the match
02:08 against Taro two years ago,
02:09 and how do you look at the past two years
02:12 in terms of your progress?
02:14 Well, I have to watch that match
02:18 because I didn't know that I played against him, honestly.
02:22 I don't remember.
02:24 But I grew up a lot since that match,
02:30 Taro as well.
02:32 I know that Taro is having a great year.
02:37 He's playing great.
02:38 He has won great matches against great players.
02:42 And of course, he won easy against Oconil.
02:51 He played a great tournament before Ranga Roa.
02:55 So I know the level of Taro.
02:57 It's going to be a really tough second round,
03:01 a really tough match.
03:03 So I have to be ready for that,
03:06 and I have to be prepared for a really tough one.
03:10 Charlie, congratulations on your win today.
03:18 Keep smiling.
03:20 You are number one in the world right now.
03:23 Can you remember when you were growing up,
03:26 the first time you thought about being number one?
03:30 How old were you?
03:32 And what is it like being number one now?
03:35 Do you feel like the best player in the world right now?
03:38 Well, I was 10 years old, something like that.
03:43 When I started to think about being a professional player,
03:52 about my dreams,
03:55 I started to think about that.
03:59 I was that age.
04:02 It's a great feeling to feel that 10 years later.
04:08 It's something crazy for me.
04:11 I think it's the best feeling in the world to be number one.
04:18 To know that I reached my dream really, really quickly.
04:24 That's all.
04:27 Thank you.
04:30 Carlos, you played in the Lenglen today,
04:32 and you played in the Chartrier last year.
04:35 Can you explain the differences?
04:38 The players say they are very different.
04:41 I don't feel it's very different.
04:44 Obviously, Philippe is bigger.
04:47 There is more space in the back and the sides.
04:55 But I don't feel there is a big difference.
05:00 It's just the dimensions of the pitch.
05:03 And there is more space and he is bigger.
05:06 That's the only difference I've noticed.
05:09 Congratulations, Carlos.
05:12 You just said that at the start of the game you felt invincible.
05:18 Can you explain that feeling?
05:21 And what are you going to do to keep playing six more games?
05:24 I obviously didn't play at his level at the start.
05:29 But I felt very good, with very few mistakes.
05:32 I hit the ball very well, scoring goals.
05:37 That's how it was.
05:40 I think in the first set he didn't have a ball to play.
05:46 There was a moment when I felt invincible.
05:51 In the first set, you lose a game, you make some mistakes and you're back.
05:59 But in the end, the first set was that feeling I had.