'Feel I'm Main Opponent For Him': Alcaraz On Rivalry With Djokovic

| by Sebastian Dahlman

Carlos Alcaraz enjoys hard battles on a tennis court which is why he enjoyed both big matches he played against Novak Djokovic.

Obviously, the matches finished differently for Alcaraz as he lost the Roland Garros match in a very unfortunate way. He promised a different result for their next match and while it seemed a bit too confident, the Spaniard delivered by stunning the Serbian at Wimbledon.

Not many people will be shocked that they split those matches but many will be surprised that Alcaraz won the grass one while Djokovic won the clay one. In any case, it was an enjoyable experience for him, one he can't wait to happen again as he revealed ahead of the 2023 Cincinnati Masters.

I like those battles. I like to know that I can lose, and I can recover it at the same time. Of course, you have to enjoy when the battle is against one of the legends from our sport, against Novak. I feel that I'm [the] main opponent for him. For me, it's something crazy, and I'm trying to enjoy [it].

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Unlike Djokovic, Alcaraz made his return at the Canadian Open in Toronto where he was beaten by Tommy Paul. It wasn't the best of weeks for the Spaniard as there are a lot of things he needs to improve on before the US Open in two weeks.

It wasn't a good week for me, but [I have] a lot of things to improve coming into this tournament. Looking back to last year, [I lost in the] first round [in Montreal] and then [the] quarter-finals [in Cincinnati], and then I won the US Open. I have to overcome that week that I had in Toronto, try to play better here and try to do better the things that I did bad in Toronto.

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