Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz wins thriller but says he could have 'lost in straight sets'
Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz basked Monday in the glow of thrilling victory over the weekend — but he conceded that he could have easily lost the title match in straight sets.
Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz basked Monday in the glow of thrilling victory over the weekend — but he conceded that he could have easily lost the title match in straight sets.
Alcaraz topped Novak Djokovic in five sets Sunday to win the world's most famous tennis tournament, in a match the winner said could have easily gone the other way.
Speaking on NBC's "TODAY" show, Alcaraz said he was "really, really glad" to have won the second set.
“If not, probably I could have lost, you know, in the straight sets,” he said. “I just believe in myself all of the time.”
Djokovic dominated the first set before Alcaraz won a thrilling tiebreaker to win the second and set the stage for an epic five-set showdown that lasted nearly five hours.
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