De Jong did better than me - Alcaraz on Roland-Garros win - video Dailymotion

Carlos Alcaraz admits he had to 'fight' for French Open second round win over World No.177 Jesper De Jong

Transcript

00:00 I think I played good tennis the first and the second sets and then I was struggling a little bit

00:06 He I think he increased his tennis

00:08 And that the speed of his ball

00:11 It was it was higher. I think and yeah, he didn't let me to

00:19 Get into the rhythm of the match. I think he dominated

00:26 The most of the of the points in the third set and it was

00:30 Struggling to to get you to my good tennis or the tennis that I was

00:35 Playing the first and the second set and then in the fourth set I had to I had to fight I had to

00:42 Overcome the problems that I had most of the time with my with myself

00:46 but really happy that I

00:50 Could get the win in a good way at the end

00:53 You're known for hitting pretty spectacular shots yourself, but there was one that just per hit where he kind of it was like a backwards

00:58 Backhand, have you seen that before and what did you make of that shot?

01:01 But I he did not me. Yeah, he he did I've seen this kind of thoughts

01:09 but I

01:11 It's unusual, you know to see to see it. So it was a kind of

01:16 Frustrating let's say, you know if I when I lost that point, but I he I mean

01:23 The points that we we did a show. I think he did it much better than me today, but yeah, it was a good shot