NEXT GEN ATP FINALS

November 12, 2021

Carlos Alcaraz

Press Conference

C. ALCARAZ/S. Baez

4-2, 4-1, 4-2

Q. I would like to know if, now that you played with all the players in the real big tournaments and now that you played with sort of juniors or under 21, do you feel a lot of difference, honestly? Do you think that, for instance, you belong to a different class, a different category compared to these younger kids, even if you are the youngest?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: I mean, these players under 21 are playing a great level. Each has won or has beaten a lot of great players. They are getting experience like me. I'm sure that all these players are going to be in the top 100 pretty soon. For sure they are going to play the best tournaments, I mean if not the next year, in two years.

But they are playing a great level, but of course there are differences between them and the top players, but for sure they are going to be there very soon.

Q. One more match for the season to go tomorrow against Sebastian. Has this season exceeded your expectations?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Well, this season has been really, really good for me. I got a lot of experience during the year playing great matches, great shape, great level for me, I just want to end the year winning this tournament, playing great level, getting more experience in this tournament for next year, just still getting experience.

Q. You're playing Sebastian tomorrow, you never played him before, what's your thoughts on that match?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: It's going to be really tough. He's playing really good, he hits the ball so hard.

Just playing at the level that I'm playing during the week, I think, yeah, I mean, I'm going to suffer in the match, but, yeah, pretty excited to play against him and show my best level tomorrow.

Q. This week you are serving in a fantastic way, unbelievable, I think. What have you changed in the last few weeks in service?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Well I'm trying to be focused on every serve. I think the serve is really, really important in this kind of surface, indoor court, it's really important and I knew that.

I'm just focusing on every serve to trying to get the point with the serve. I'm trying to improve the serve and I think it's a key for playing a good level.