Carlos Alcaraz Speaks Straight After Beijing Final Against Sinner!

Well, Carlos, on behalf of tennis fans everywhere, firstly, I want to say thank you, because that was an unbelievable final. It was a match dripping with drama. Give us your perspective on all three sets, please. Well, I'm going to say he could win in two, I could win in two, he could win in three. I mean, it was a really close match. Yannick, once again, he showed that he's the best player in the world, at least for me. You know, the level that he's playing, it is unbelievable. It's a really high quality of tennis, of sorts. Physically, mentally, he's a beast. So, I mean, I had my chances in the first set, I didn't make it. Three set points, I didn't make it. But in general, I'm proud of myself with, you know, the way that I deal with the match, the way that I manage everything, you know, being set down with a lot of opportunities, you know, in the second set, four-all, break point down as well, or four-three, break point down and then be able to come back after that. For me, it has been a really good, really good time, really good match. So I'm really happy that in the third set, even though that he broke my serve again and we were really close, I gave myself, you know, the chance to keep going, playing aggressively. And at the end, I'm really happy that I made it. I don't know if you knew, but he had won 18 of his last 19 tiebreakers. And of course, you were three-love down in that tiebreaker. Did you ever lose hope? Did you ever think you might not win? No, no, no, I've never lost hope. But honestly, I know that I start that every tiebreaker that Yannick plays is almost to his side. So I thought that in the third set, I'm not going to lie, three-love down, two mini-breaks for him. So I didn't lose the hope, but I thought, OK, I have to give everything that I have just to try to give myself, you know, the opportunity to be close. I played great points just to make the three-all. And after that, I just think to go for it. If I lose it, at least I went for it. So that's all I thought in that moment. And finally, players often say to win a title, you need some luck and everything to sort of go your way, both on and off the court. Was that true for you here in Beijing? Sorry? You need a little luck, but obviously you need everything, all the little details to go your way. Did you feel that in Beijing? Yes, honestly. I mean, during the whole week, I've been playing great tennis. Probably, you know, sometimes the luck went to my side a little bit in the matches. But, you know, in general, I felt great on court. I felt great off the court as well, you know, with my team. I think it's really important to feel like you are good. You're in a good mood all the time, off the court, just to try to show good tennis and be calm on the court. And yeah, I think I couldn't ask for a better week here in Beijing. And I will try to keep going. But yeah, I'm going to say luck went to my side. China Open champion. Well done.