"I'm not far away from winning a Grand Slam" claims Alcaraz following Roland Garros exit

| by Alfredo Bassanelli

Despite losing in the quarterfinals to Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz showed some very solid performances at the 2022 Roland Garros.

It was only the second time that Carlos Alcaraz played at the Roland Garros and he was already considered to be one of the favourites. However, he ended his journey already in the quarterfinals as he lost to a more experienced Alexander Zverev. Despite not being able to fight for the trophy, the young Spaniard can take away only positives from the tournament, as he said:

“I have to take the lessons [from] today. It was a tough match and close match,” Carlos Alcaraz said in his post-match press conference. “I could say I didn't start well, and in this level, quarter-final of a Grand Slam, you are playing against the best players in the world, so you have to start the match better than I did today."

“I have to improve for the next Grand Slam or next matches. But I would say I'm not far away from reaching a semi-final or being able to win a Grand Slam… I would say I have the level, I have the confidence to win a Grand Slam or reach the semi-finals next time.”

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“I leave the court and leave the tournament with the head very high. I fought until the last ball. I fought until the last second of the match, and I'm proud of it. I am going try to take the positive things of the match, and of course the bad things that I did, to improve to the next matches or next tournaments or next Grand Slams.”

“I was close to a good match, close to a fifth set, and in the fifth set everything could happen. I'm going to take a lesson from this match. This was my second quarter-final at a Grand Slam and I think I fought until the last ball. I hope the next Grand Slam, next quarter-final that I will play at a Grand Slam, I will do better and [improve] my chances to reach the semi-finals.”

“I enjoyed [it] a lot, even [though] I lost. Playing in front of such a great crowd, playing in these kinds of tournaments, on this kind of court, is amazing for me… That's why I'm training, that's why I'm playing tennis, to keep dreaming, to have chances to be in the best tournaments in the world."

“Of course I couldn't be disappointed with this crowd or I couldn't ask for a better crowd in here, in Paris supporting me, until the last ball supporting me, from the beginning to the end of the match. I just say thank you to the crowd.”

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