Il l'avait prouvé lors de son premier tour contre l'Italien Flavio Cobolli, Carlos Alcaraz n'est pas venu pour rigoler à Roland-Garros. N°1 mondial et tête de série n°1, l'Espagnol espère remporter à Paris son deuxième titre du Grand Chelem après l'US Open 2022. En l'absence de Rafael Nadal, ce serait un beau passage de relais mais le chemin est encore long. Au deuxième tour, il affrontait le Japonais Taro Daniel mais n'a pas fait le match parfait. Malgré trois sets largement dominés et remportés, l'Espagnol en a perdu un autre, le 2e (6-3). Breaké d'entrée, Carlos n'a eu qu'une balle de debreak dans la deuxième manche, non-convertie. Outre ce petit passage à vide, "Carlitos" a été très serein et s'est imposé en 2h27 : 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
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00:00 People often say that tennis is an individual sport,
00:04 but it's never more beautiful than when it's a team sport.
00:09 BNP Paribas, faithful to tomorrow's tennis for 50 years.
00:15 Well, Alex Scream, you know,
00:20 when we finished the interview, he told me that my English is good.
00:25 I think my English is improving and I'm really happy with that.
00:29 Obviously, during the interview in the court,
00:33 he was finishing the match, you know, because of the interview.
00:38 But, yeah, Scream, vamos, because I'm improving.
00:42 Charlie, congratulations again.
00:46 Stefano Sitsipas told us he really likes enjoying spending time with you
00:51 because you bring joy to the world and you are happy all the time.
00:56 You keep smiling, you keep winning.
01:00 So I wanted to know, are you smiling all the time because you win
01:05 or are you winning all the time because you smile?
01:10 I'm winning all the time because I'm smiling.
01:13 I always said that smiling for me is the key of everything, you know.
01:20 Yeah, I enjoy being in this kind of stadium,
01:27 this kind of tournament series, and that's the most important for me, to enjoy.
01:32 That's why I smile all the time.
01:37 Congrats, Carlos. So, Shapovalov is the next challenge for you.
01:42 You never play against him, I guess.
01:46 So, what is your opinion? What can we expect from that match?
01:52 Well, as you said, I've never played against him,
01:55 but I practice in Barcelona with him.
01:59 But everybody knows the level of Shapovalov.
02:05 He's a really dangerous player. He has great shots.
02:08 And it's going to be a really difficult match.
02:12 I have to be ready for that, really focus on his shots.
02:16 But, as I said a lot of times, I always try not to think about the opponent.
02:23 I always try to think about me, about myself, about my game,
02:27 and try to put it into the match.
02:31 All I can say is that tomorrow is a day off for me.
02:36 We are going to think about tomorrow against my team,
02:41 and let's see how it's going to be.
02:44 Hi, Carlos. Congratulations for your victory.
02:47 You mentioned at the beginning it was another windy condition.
02:51 Please tell me, in this kind of condition, how did you manage yourself on court?
02:58 Well, it's tough, you know.
03:02 But I could say that I'm a player who plays really well with the windy.
03:10 I practice in Vienna, that has a lot of windy days.
03:19 I'm used to playing with windy, let's say.
03:25 It's tough because you play two games with plus windy,
03:30 and two games against windy.
03:33 It's really tough to adjust your game to that.
03:37 But I try to play as best as I can with the windy.
03:46 Today I think I played a great level with that.
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