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  • 02/06/2023
N°1 mondial et tête de série n°1, Carlos Alcaraz espère remporter à Roland-Garros 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. La présence en deuxième semaine est en tout cas assurée. Au troisième tour, le joueur de 20 ans se présentait face à Denis Shapovalov, qui disputait pour la première fois un troisième tour ici. Le Canadien n'a pas fait long feu contre un Carlitos en feu, qui s'est imposé 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. En 2h12, l'affaire était pliée. Il retrouvera en huitièmes de finale l'Italien Lorenzo Musetti (18e) qui l'avait battu en finale du tournoi de Hambourg en 2022. Un match qui s'annonce très palpitant, sans doute le premier gros test pour l'Espagnol cette saison à Paris.

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00:00 It is often said that tennis is an individual sport,
00:04 but it is never more beautiful than when it is collective.
00:09 BNP Paribas, faithful to tomorrow's tennis for 50 years.
00:15 How do you compare this first week of this tournament
00:19 with the first week of the tournament last year
00:24 and also with, say, the US Open, which turned out very well?
00:30 Compare this Rangarossa with the other last year?
00:37 With Roland Garros last year and also the first week in the US Open.
00:43 I remember Roland Garros last year.
00:46 I was more in trouble.
00:49 I saved the match ball against Ramos.
00:52 I remember that match really clearly.
00:55 But after that match, I think it was great.
01:02 I can't compare anything more than the match against Ramos.
01:10 I can't compare the first week this year as well.
01:14 The US Open, I was more in trouble as well.
01:18 Some really tough matches at the beginning.
01:23 It was really tough for me, but it's totally different for me
01:28 the first week compared to the second one.
01:31 Dennis was just talking to us.
01:34 He was very complimentary about the way you played
01:37 and in general, the way you play.
01:39 I want to ask you, what do you consider your best quality
01:45 or your strongest quality on a tennis court?
01:50 I would say I'm a complete player.
01:58 I would say the strongest thing that I have on court
02:06 is that I push the opponent to the limit every time.
02:13 He has to do great things, great stuff to overcome me.
02:24 I would say that.
02:26 I'm over there at every point, playing great points.
02:33 I don't lose the focus.
02:37 That's my strongest thing on court.
02:45 Tennis is a game of many traditions, many rules, many customs.
02:57 If you were in charge and you could make one change
03:02 in the sport of tennis, what would that be?
03:07 In tennis?
03:09 That's a tough question.
03:11 I'm going to say the balls.
03:18 To play with the same ball.
03:23 For me, that's the only thing I would change.
03:28 To play every tournament the whole year with the same ball.
03:34 What happened?
03:36 I don't know.
03:38 Sorry.
03:40 I would say that.
03:42 That's the only thing I would change.
03:45 So it's difficult to play with different balls?
03:48 You have to adapt your game.
03:51 Every ball is different.
03:53 We have some problems with the players.
04:00 With the ball.
04:02 Different balls in every tournament.
04:05 You're playing one week with one ball.
04:07 The next one you change with a totally different ball.
04:11 I would say that's the only thing I would change.
04:15 Since you brought them up, let me ask a quick question
04:20 about tennis balls here.
04:21 A lot of players have said they feel like they're fluffing up a lot.
04:25 Like they're slow in the game.
04:28 I'm wondering, have you found that to be the case?
04:31 Does that bother you?
04:33 Does it require you to change things at all while you're playing?
04:37 I feel that.
04:39 For me, it's tougher.
04:41 The ball goes slower.
04:45 It's tougher to hit the ball as strong as I want.
04:51 But I'm a guy who adapts his game really well.
04:57 So I adapt my game to the ball really well.
05:00 I like the ball.
05:02 But I feel every player who says that it's tough to play with that.
05:12 You will face Lorenzo Musetti in the Round of 16.
05:18 He won against you in Hamburg last year.
05:22 What challenge does he represent for you?
05:26 It's a big challenge for me.
05:29 He's playing well.
05:31 He's a really tough player.
05:34 He's a really talented player.
05:39 I remember the match in Hamburg.
05:44 He was really tough.
05:46 It's a match that I'm really looking for.
05:51 I really want to play that match.
05:53 I'm going to enjoy it.
05:56 It's going to be a really fun match.
05:59 I would say it's going to be really good rallies, good shots between us.
06:07 It's going to be a really fun match to watch as well.

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