Alcaraz Strikes Fear: "I Don't Want the Streak to Stop, I Have to Keep Going Like This"

Raquel Bermúdez Rodríguez | 8 Jul 2025 | 21.37

Carlos Alcaraz in his victory over Cameron Norrie at Wimbledon 2025. Photo: Getty.

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He is undoubtedly the man of the moment on the circuit. With a convincing victory in three sets, Carlos Alcaraz defeated Cameron Norrie to confirm his qualification for the Wimbledon 2025 semifinals. The Spaniard now has 23 consecutive wins, a record he will want to extend at the British Grand Slam.

After a virtually perfect match against his English rival, Carlitos spoke at the press conference to discuss his impressive victory, as well as to analyze his tennis and his upcoming semi-final match at Wimbledon, where he faces Taylor Fritz. These were Alcaraz's words to the media.

With great confidence

"The truth is that I feel very good. Every match is different against a different player. Each player brings a different level to the match. It's hard to compare to last year's level, but what I can say right now is that my confidence is very high, honestly. I feel great. Today's match has been the best of the tournament so far. I don't know if it was the best grass court match or comparing it to last year, for example. I'm very happy and excited to be playing great tennis right now."

What has changed in the last few days?

"The serve. I started to feel very comfortable serving in the match against Rublev. Once you get into a good rhythm with the serve, I think you just have to try to maintain it, try to feel good. On grass, when you serve well or feel like you're serving well, when you play from the baseline or return, you have more confidence and play with more calmness and clear thinking. Feeling good on the serve gave me a lot of calmness to play great tennis from the baseline.

It was a bit tough in the early rounds of the tournament. I don't know if it was the ball toss or simply the rhythm. I got it in the Rublev match. I started to feel really good, the percentage went up. The points won with the first serve were also higher. I began to hit the ball on the serve much better, which helped me a lot with the serve. Once I got into a good rhythm, a good ball toss, I started to serve much better."

His semifinal opponent: Taylor Fritz

"His grass season this year has been really successful so far. He's playing great tennis, his game is quite good on grass, playing flat, aggressive, with a big serve. I'll try to focus, show my best tennis. I'll try to play at the same level or even higher than today. If I play like today, I'll surely have a chance. So, I'll try to do it, play aggressively. I won't let him play aggressively or dominate the match. I'm excited about that match because I believe I need to raise my level if I want to beat him."

His 23-match winning streak

"I don't want to stop there, I just want to continue like this. At every moment of the season, of the year, we end up thinking about some objectives against each opponent. Right now, my serve is the element that players target against me, what they really want to overcome. I'm happy about it. As I said, 23, I don't want to stop there.

When I start enjoying the match, enjoying the moment, my good level appears. The key has been that I haven't thought about anything. I just enjoyed every second out there, playing a quarterfinal at Wimbledon is a gift. I tried to make the most of the time I spent on the center court. There's a great atmosphere."

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