Alcaraz analyzes his silver medal with perspective

Mónica Barberán Munera | 5 Aug 2024 | 16.30

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The journey of Carlos Alcaraz in Paris has ended, and the young man from Murcia had to settle for the silver medal in his first Olympic Games. Initially, the 21-year-old felt sad for not achieving the gold against Novak Djokovic. However, after all the commotion of the medal ceremony and seeing the silver medal around his neck, the Spaniard now views everything from a different perspective.

In an interview with Eurosport, Carlos spoke about what this moment means to him at the Olympic Games in Paris and how he is valuing it. He also wanted to thank all the Spaniards for the great support received these days and how his doubles with Rafa Nadal has been a gift of life. Thus, the boy from Murcia will take that match with the Serbian as a learning experience to continue improving and return to Los Angeles 2028 ready for it all.

Learning to value his silver

"I value it a lot now because I know how difficult it is, and I am enjoying the moment. Now I also see myself well with the silver medal and I am enjoying wearing it. Obviously, when I left the court, it was hard for me because of how ambitious I am, because of the type of player I am, always wanting the best and wanting to win and win the tournament. But everything must be put into perspective; it is necessary to think about how difficult it is to win an Olympic medal, to reach the situation I have reached. The truth is that you have to enjoy the moment."

"Once they hung the medal on me at the podium, that's when I started to think: 'Well, this moment must be valued, this moment must be enjoyed because in the end you don't know if you will experience that moment again, if you will be able to be in that situation again.' In four years, many things can happen. Hopefully, we can compete in Los Angeles, but no one knows, so you have to enjoy the moment and, above all, the silver medal."

Grateful for the support of the Spaniards

"The Olympic Games is one of the most special competitions. Being able to represent your flag and your country at the Olympics is one of the greatest things in sports in general. It has been super exciting for me to compete and try to bring joy to all Spaniards in every match. The support I have had here all week is greatly appreciated. I wanted to return the affection shown to me with the gold medal, but I am also very happy to think that we tried to represent Spain in the best possible way, and all Spaniards were there supporting me every minute."

"The doubles with Rafa is something I will remember for the rest of my life"

"There have been moments when we have enjoyed ourselves. Not only in the matches I won convincingly, but also in some tough moments. I found a way to enjoy, especially to see myself in the situation I was in, competing for a medal, competing in the Olympics, playing hard matches, of good level, good play. That's what makes me enjoy. Obviously, also with the doubles with Rafa, there have been moments when I had goosebumps during the matches, and that's something I will remember and keep for the rest of my life."

"Will he thoroughly analyze this loss with Djokovic?"

"When the whole ceremony was over, I went to the bike to cool down, and there I talked a little with Juan Carlos about the match, about what basically happened. In such a close match, you don't have to look at many details; in the end, when it was time to raise the level, we didn't do it, and Djokovic did. That's the only thing I can blame myself for or what I have to improve on in the tiebreaks and in the break points I had in my favor. He raised the level, and I didn't. When you miss opportunities against someone like Djokovic, it later takes its toll. It's a match I will think about because these kinds of situations make you grow; thanks to this match, I will be a better player, and that's why I will analyze it and look at the details."

A push to improve, this is not the end

"We always want to improve and seize every moment, every match, every tournament to keep improving, live the experiences, and try to focus on the positives of those matches, those moments, and also learn from the bad things so that if this situation occurs again or I find myself in that situation again, those things don't happen again. In the end, tennis is evolving, and we want to keep improving so that these kinds of matches fall in our favor."

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