LONDON: Carlos Alcaraz made an almost perfect start to his Wimbledon title quest on Tuesday (Jul 4) with the only thing missing being the presence of Roger Federer in the Court One stands. Record eight-time champion Federer was guest of honour in the Royal Box on Centre Court while Alcaraz was dispatching
LONDON: Carlos Alcaraz made an almost perfect start to his Wimbledon title quest on Tuesday with the only thing missing being the presence of Roger Federer in the Court One stands.
"I saw that Roger Federer was here. I was a little bit jealous," Alcaraz, who despite oozing confidence on court remains humble in the extreme off of it, told reporters. Federer took until his fifth appearance to claim the Wimbledon crown in 2003 but Alcaraz made no attempt to play down his prospects of winning the title on his third attempt.
But Alcaraz quickly re-focussed having slipped 4-2 behind with a sloppy service game and raced to victory."Here let's say you are not focussed for one game, like in the third set, and he breaks my serve and you are down," he said."For me, that's something that I have to learn more."
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