“Today I have been fluid and relaxed, I have felt the blows, I have been ‘me’. It was a moment in which I had to do it to win the final. I more than succeeded and I am very happy,” Alcaraz said as soon as he finished in a interview with former player Alex Corretja.
“Honestly, I was tense yesterday and this morning, but I warmed up well and it helped me relax. I tried to enjoy the final,” added the Murcian, who for the first time in his spectacular and short career has repeated the title in a tournament .
The final ‘lasted’ until 3-3 in the first set. From then on, Alcaraz’s superiority decided the game on his side against a Tsitsipas who tried in repeated conversations with his father and his coach to find a way to stop the hurricane. Unsuccessfully.
In the second set, the Spaniard managed a break to situate himself at 4-2 and then chained together perfect shots to the delight of a crowd converted to ‘Alcarazmanía’.
Now he will also defend his title in the Masters 1,000 in Madrid, which begins this week, just over a month after Roland Garros, in which he is the great favorite, also due to the physical problems of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, both low for the tournament in the Spanish capital.
It was Tsitsipas’ third defeat in a Barcelona final after losing to Nadal in 2018 and 2021. The Spanish legend did not play the tournament in the Catalan capital due to injury either last year or this year.