Le plus ambitieux Alcaraz arrive à Doha : "J'**déteste** la sensation de perdre, je me fixe des objectifs dans ces tournois"

Carlos Navarro | 19 Feb 2026 | 22.09

Alcaraz explained his mentality in these events after beating Khachanov. Source: Getty Alcaraz a expliqué sa mentalité dans ces événements après avoir battu Khachanov. Source : Getty

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Carlos Alcaraz has found the formula to approach 'lesser' category tournaments with the greatest motivation. He is achieving this at ATP Doha 2026, which had the challenging task of following the most important event of his career, the Australian Open where he completed the Career Grand Slam and engraved his name in the tennis Olympus. Logically, perhaps, he could have let go, especially in a match where you start by conceding the first set against a Karen Khachanov in a state of grace...

But Carlos is no longer that player prone to disconnect. He found strength to turn around a match in which he admitted starting tired, not fully finding himself during the first hour and a quarter, but showing a variety of options to completely change the script. Listening to him in the post-match press conference, one understands why at a mental level, this is a different Carlos: reflections on how he sets unique goals for this type of events, the reaffirmation that the fighting spirit is non-negotiable (and what kept him in the match), and a nice analysis of why matches against Khachanov bring out the best in him, all in very interesting responses.

Alcaraz explained why he had difficulties overcoming Khachanov and showed his tremendous ambition when asked about the Grand Slams

- Feelings after a great victory

"I feel exhausted, that's for sure. However, happy and proud of the way I played. I believe I performed at a good level, consistently good throughout the whole match. He started playing very well and produced great shots and brutal tennis when it mattered. It was a very tough, tight match, but very happy to have achieved the victory in the end."

- From the first set, Khachanov never reached deuce on any of Carlos' service games

"I was not aware of that statistic. When you're in the match, what matters is to go point by point. Once you win your service game, you have to face the next one; you don't dwell on the previous one: you try to focus on doing things right, making sure the timing on your serve is good in every game. I didn't think about the points I was losing or whether I was serving well or not. I was focused on going objective to objective with each serve, but yes, my serve was a great weapon today, and I realize that I hardly gave any break points in the entire match."

- Tactical and mental changes after losing the first set

"I don't think my mentality changed much. I had some break points in the first set that I couldn't convert. I had a set point. I knew I was going to have my chances. Honestly, at the beginning of the match, I was quite physically tired, so I tried to approach the match in the right way mentally, to try to be positive, to stay calm. After the first set, I tried to keep fighting, draw energy from anywhere, I suppose. I kept fighting and running in case he gave me any opportunity, or at least force him to take me off the court to win the match. My mentality was to keep fighting."

- Whether he thinks about the number of Grand Slams he can end up winning, if numbers are something that is on his mind

"I am a very ambitious guy. I hate the feeling of losing. Every time I face a tournament or a match, I think about giving my best version. I want to win. I want to win tournaments, lift trophies, that's my mentality. When you play so many matches in a year, both physically and mentally, everything is very demanding, so my big goals are the biggest tournaments in the world. When I'm not playing them, I try to set other goals in my head to be able to achieve them. That's what I'm trying to do in these tournaments, to then focus on the biggest ones."

- The reason why his battles against Khachanov are of such a high level

"I don't remember the last time I faced him on hard court before this match, but I do remember when I faced him on clay. His style doesn't change much depending on the surface: he plays at a very high pace from the baseline. He changes directions very easily, he loves that. His serve is formidable. It's hard to find windows of opportunity in his game, that's why it's so difficult to play against him. I'm happy that every match has gone my way, I can only say that every duel against him is a battle. Every match we face each other makes me enjoy, they are fantastic."

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