This is a really amazing figure

Twenty -two -year -old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz On Sunday, he won the fifth title of winner in the grand slam tournaments in his fifth finals. In the finals he beat the first player in the world after the turnaround Janika Sinner, After resolving three finishing balls in the third set after 0: 2 and 3: 5, one of the biggest turns in tennis history.

« True champions are born in difficult times, in a position where you are facing great pressure, » said Alcaz, who beat the rival after five hours and 29 minutes, which was the longest finale in Roland-Garos.

“When the situation is against you, you have to fight, insist on the fight. There is no time for fatigue in the finals, there is no time to give up. You have to go ahead, fight and look for your moment. I mean, the real champions did this in the whole career, « he said after the Alcaraz match, who had never won a duel before after he was 0-2 behind in sets.

He became only the third player to win the big tournament after a two -set lag. The last to succeed this was in 2019 Novak DjokovicSerb defeated Switzerland in Wimbledon Roger Federer. “The match does not end until the last point is won. I myself wanted to win once that way. This is the property of players with the right character and I have proven that I am among these myself. I believed all the time, I never doubted myself, not even at 0:40 I thought I could lose. I only thought about the next point, « explained the Spaniard at a press conference, who achieved a fifth consecutive victory over Sinner and leads 8: 4 in matches.

“It was our first finale in the biggest tournaments, I believe not the last. We work better each other, we raise the level of play at each mutual match. I am convinced that he will learn something from this match and that the next time we compete, he will return stronger. He will surely do his homework, « said Alcaz, who prevented Sinner win the third consecutive grand slam tournament and the first in Paris to become the first Italian winner of the Grand Slams after the Italian Adrianu Panatti in 1976.

One of the first to congratulate him on his victory and the finale rated as amazing was his idol Rafael Nadal. Many are already wondering if Alcaraz can catch up with the Nadal compatriot in the number of titles on the grand slams, but the Rafa has won 22. It is interesting that both players won their fifth tournament for the big slam exactly the same, 22 years, one month and three days. Nadal won the fifth title in 2008 in Wimbledon.

“Incredible information. I will remember him for life. For me, this is an inspiration, an honor. I can only hope that I will still walk the path and that the fifth title is not my last, ”Alcaz’s new successes to approach the role model. Younger of them with five titles was only a legendary Swed Björn Borg.