THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

July 7, 2024

Carlos Alcaraz

Press Conference

C. ALCARAZ/U. Humbert

6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5

THE MODERATOR: Carlos, feeling good into the quarterfinals?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Yeah, it's always great qualify to the quarterfinals. I'm feeling great on the court. I think I'm getting better and better every match that I'm playing. Feeling really comfortable on the court, hitting good points, good shots.

Hopefully keep going.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. In every match so far you have just these little moments of concentration problems. What happens during those moments? How do you get yourself out in the key moments of the match?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Well, I think I stayed at a really high level of focus during the whole match. Probably in the third set it was kind of difficult for me. I mean, the second game, Love-30 for me, a few points played with a few mistakes from my side. Then he broke my serve. I think he started to play better and better.

Was a certain point that I couldn't find my good read on the serve. I felt like he was reading my serve, he was reading my shots very, very well in every point that we were playing. It was difficult for me to find the solutions in that moment.

But tennis is like this. I had 40-Love down in the fourth set. A few serves that I did pretty well. Saved that game. It was kind of I increase my tennis, increase my intensity, and got the win at the end.

Yeah, really happy that it didn't affect me at all, the third set, and the problems that I had in the fourth set and I stayed really strong mentally.

Q. You're going to play on Tuesday. There's another big game on Tuesday, as I'm sure you know. Does it get into your head at all? Is it hard to concentrate? Do you have any relationships with the Spanish players, ones that you follow or like?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: I mean, the first thing I am supporting Spain because is Spain. Yeah, I have a really good relationship with a few players of the team. In particularly, with Alvaro Morata. He's a really good friend.

Yeah, I support them. As I said, every four years. So right now it's time to support them, as I know they supporting me when I'm playing matches or I'm playing tournaments. It's my turn.

Hopefully on Tuesday we are not going to play at the same time. But let's see. Hopefully I will be able to see a little bit from the match.

Q. You played Ugo today from France. You're from Spain. Is that a good omen?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Hopefully they're going to get the same results as me today (smiling).

I didn't think about it until now. Yeah, I won in the tennis part, so hopefully the Spanish team going to win the football part.

Q. When is the last time you won such a big point from sitting down on your backside on the baseline? How did you manage to win that point? You must have had a magic carpet.

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Well, the last time I remember that I fall down and recovery and get the point at the end was against Jannik Sinner in US Open. Yeah, I remember that I fall down, then recovery, and making a passing shot. That is the last time I remember that I got a point like this one.

As I said on the court, that's myself fighting every ball. I think that I can reach every ball. It doesn't matter the shot the opponent hit or the place that I'm on the court. I just thinking that I'm going to get it, I'm going to hit another good shot or a passing shot, believing that I'm going to get the point.

That's myself and that's what I'm thinking about running side to side.

Q. Emma Raducanu is playing such an important match for her career and is facing a lot of noise off court coming out of the match with Andy Murray. Playing in her home slam, having to deal with so much happening off the court, playing such a big match...

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Sorry, say again.

Q. Emma Raducanu is facing off-court noise about her pulling out of the mixed doubles with Andy Murray. Do you sympathize with her playing in front of her home crowd and having to deal with the conversation and noise in the media and off the court?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Well, it is a difficult situation. I'm not going to lie. Obviously she said she was going to play mixed doubles against Andy Murray, his last Wimbledon of his career.

But obviously she's young. I'm sure that she didn't want to pull out from the mixed doubles. I think she had her reasons to do it. I guess physical problems.

I don't know. I mean, she's facing the fourth round of a Grand Slam, Wimbledon. I think it is special for her playing here in England.

I'm sure that a lot of players who is in her positions could do the same thing as she. But obviously knowing it's his last Wimbledon of Andy Murray is difficult to deal with.

Q. At the end of the fourth set you used the crowd really well. How helpful were the crowd today?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Well, as I say many times, the crowd is really important part for me. Obviously when they are not cheering you up, you have to forget it and think about your tennis or think about yourself.

But having the crowd supporting you every time is really helpful to put your best tennis. If there are difficult moments on the match, they help you a lot to push you up, try not to miss a lot of games, let's say.

After that third set they didn't stop supporting me in the fourth one. I thought that I have to fight, I have to give them the good match, the good points.

Yeah, it was a really let's say helpful support.

Q. You've not always had your best results indoors at the end of the season. I'm wondering, you've had to play on Centre Court indoors under the roof. Do you prefer playing outdoors? How does it compare?

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Well, I'm not used to playing on indoor, I'm not going to lie. But I don't consider myself a bad players on indoor. I just think that a lot of players are better than me.

But honestly, I would prefer to play outdoor. That's obviously. But if the weather is okay, the sun out, not windy, the perfect conditions... But if we have to play outdoor or indoor, I have to adapt my game with the conditions that it is.

But if I have to choose, I would choose outdoor.