It’s a little bit different,” he said of the Grand Slam matches compared to Sunday’s Olympics final. “I mean, I was playing for the gold medal, I was playing for Spain and it is not the same. I have played four Grand Slam finals and in the difficult moments, in the tough situations, I increased my level, I played really great tennis.
“And today probably I felt more the pressure. Maybe other players are not playing in the same way or feeling the pressure about playing for his flag, for his country. Pobably myself, I felt the pressure in those situations that I couldn’t play my best tennis so I could feel the difference about playing Grand Slams and playing the final of Olympic Games.”
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The world No. 3 also explained that the tension was heightened by the lack of opportunity to win the Olympics. He continued: “I play four Grand Slams every year and Olympic Games is one every four years so probably you could feel the pressure playing. As I said, I could feel [it].”
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After having time to reflect, Alcaraz will walk away happy with his Olympic debut. But he is keen to learn from the final. “I’m really proud and I’m leaving the court, I’m leaving the tournament with my head really, really high knowing that I gave everything on the court, I gave everything that I could on court today and I will [be] back stronger and I hope to learn from this situation,” he said.
It’s not the first time the world No. 3 suffered a crushing loss to Djokovic on Court Philippe-Chatrier. After he bounced back from a tough one last year to win Wimbledon, he believes he can do the same again after the Olympics.
Alcaraz added: ” remember last year sitting in this seat, 2023 I said that I’m going to learn from the moment that I lost against Novak [in the French Open semi-final] and I did. After that, I’m going to say the same. I’m going to learn from this moment to be a better player, I’m not going to make the same mistakes as I did today and I got a lot of experience so I think after that I’m going to be a better player, I’m going to be more mature off the court as well.”
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