Carlos Alcaraz: "I couldn’t have dreamed better"
After winning the Rolex Paris Masters for the first time, Carlos Alcaraz reflected on his triumph and his future ambitions during his post-match press conference.
How important is this victory, in Paris?
It's always special to play here, in Paris. As I said, the crowd is amazing every time that I come here. This time, I got to play a great tennis, to go far in the tournament, to lift the trophy at the end. I couldn't have dreamed better, it's been a really special and important week for me.
You seemed to have a lot of extra determination this week, you've saved match points against Taylor (Fritz), and at the end you seemed quite emotional. How determined were you to win this tournament?
Well, I always try to improve myself. I always try to be better. Learn from experiences, learn from every match, every moment. And I would say that I got a lot of information after Taylor's match, I got a lot to learn and a lot to improve if I really wanted to still win this tournament.
I really realised that if you really want to win, you have to have to go for it all the time, have the determination and I would say even more in the toughest moments. I'm just happy that I saved those match points against Taylor, and after that I've been playing great tennis, and I always was myself on the court, which I'm really happy about and proud of.
Now that you've won the four Grand Slams, how important will it be for you to win the ATP finals?
Obviously the ATP finals is the meeting of the eight best player in the world, it is a really important tournament for everybody, that's what we are working for. So, to qualify for that tournament is already an extra motivation. As I said before, obviously, it's a tournament that I really want to win one day. I don't know if it's going to be this year, next year, if I'm ever going to be able to win it, but I'm going to work hard, with a lot of confidence, with a lot of information in my bags, like the things I really want to improve .