The twenty-two-year-old Carlos Alcaraz revealed after his victory against 38-year-old Novak Djokovic in the US Open Semi-Finales on Friday that advice he received from another player to look too far ahead.
“Thank good is that now too far for me,” said Alcaraz when he was asked if he would like to play at the age of 38. “One person once told me that you don’t have to think of 35, 38 years old, still playing at that age. He told me:” You have to concentrate on the next five years, “from here to when I 27.
“It’s not about 15 or 20 years. It is just about year after year or just thinking in just five years. We will see. We will see to what age I will try to take care of my body as good as I can.”
The natural question was to ask which player Alcaraz gave the advice. Given his 2024 Dartmouth start speech full of pearls of wisdom, the answer fans will not surprise.
“Those who told me were Roger,” said Alcaraz about Roger Federer. ‘So I think that’s the best person [who] Can tell me that, and I will try to follow his words. ‘
Federer passed his career as a Djokovic, making the quarter finals of Wimbledon 39 years old. But the Serbian has shown even more consistency this season, making the semi -final with all four Majors.
“I play against Novak. It’s not easy to play against him, to be honest,” said Alcaraz. “I think of the legend, what he has achieved in his career. It’s hard not to think about it. So that makes it even harder for him.
“But I am just very happy to win my first victory against him on the hard court and to make a final here. Today I didn’t really feel nervous, but therefore a little bit.”
Djokovic was unable to bring Alcaraz into trouble on Friday, but the Serbian defeated the Spaniard during the Australian Open this year and in the Olympic Medal match of last year.
“It is impressive. It is impressive what he has done this year in the slams, reaches the semi -final in each slam and challenges the next gene,” said Alcaraz. “Challenging us as he does, it’s impressive. I told him that he always looks 25 years old, so to keep that level at 38, it is impressive.”
Three years after winning the US Open as a 19-year-old and by doing this, the younger number 1 in PIF ATP Rankings History, Alcaraz is a victory of claiming Glory in New York again. The second seed will take rival Jannik Sinner or Felix Auger-Aliassime for the trophy.
‘If I play against Jannik, of course I will take things [from] The former matches I played against him. The previous or the last three games, I will note, and I will see what I did wrong, what I did great in the competitions, just to approach the final in a good way, “said Alcaraz.
“But if I play against Felix, it will be the same. I will watch the previous games against him, and I will take note of the good things and the bad things I did.”
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