On the finish of my profession, I need to sit on the similar desk as the massive guys

Almost as spectacular as Carlos Alcaraz’s most up-to-date Grand Slam triumph, is his starvation to remain humble and to proceed on the trail that he has all the time been on. The trail of a striver, one who is rarely glad, and one who constantly seeks to enhance his sport, no matter what he has already achieved.

He made that a lot clear on Sunday after his 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4) win over Novak Djokovic on Centre Court docket, stating clearly his foremost objective for the long run.

“On the finish of my profession, I need to sit on the similar desk as the massive guys,” Alcaraz mentioned. “That is my foremost objective. That is my dream proper now. It would not matter if I already gained 4 Grand Slams on the age of 21. If I am not hold going, all these tournaments for me, it would not matter. I actually need to hold going. I’ll attempt to hold profitable and finish my profession with a variety of them.”

Alcaraz doesn’t need to relaxation on his laurels, and he additionally made that identified.

“Clearly I’ve seen and I’ve heard all of the stats that I’m the youngest to win at Roland Garros and Wimbledon the identical yr,” Alcaraz mentioned. “I actually attempt not to consider it an excessive amount of. Clearly it is a actually nice begin of my profession, however I’ve to maintain going. I’ve to maintain constructing my path.”

At this level of his profession, the 21-year-old has smashed sufficient data to make one’s head spin. Already the youngest World No.1 in historical past, Alcaraz grew to become the youngest participant in historical past to win a Grand Slam title on all three surfaces when he gained Roland-Garros final month.

This week at Wimbledon he decimated 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic within the ultimate to turn into the youngest participant to ever win the Roland-Garros and Wimbledon titles in the identical season and simply the ninth to do it within the Open Period.

We may go on and on itemizing the 21-year-old’s accomplishments, however he’d choose to look ahead, not again.

“Every thing we have now achieved already has been unbelievable, an incredible journey to date,” he mentioned. “As I mentioned, I actually need to hold going, to maintain enhancing, to continue to grow up, attempt to hold profitable. That is all that issues for me proper now.”

When requested what number of Grand Slams can be a passable quantity to carry by the top of his profession, Alcaraz didn’t need to place any restrictions on what is feasible.

Finest to maintain it vast open, similar to his future.

“I do not know what my restrict is,” he mentioned. “I do not need to give it some thought. I simply need to hold having fun with my second, simply to maintain dreaming. So let’s examine if on the finish of my profession it is going to be 25, 30, 15, 4. I do not know.”



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