Wimbledon Champion Carlos Alcaraz basked in the glow of a thrilling victory over the weekend on Monday – but conceded that he could have easily lost the title match in straight sets.
Alcaraz overcame Novak Djokovic in five sets on Sunday to win the world’s most famous tennis tournament, in a match that the winner said could easily have gone the other way.
Speaking on NBC’s “TODAY” show, Alcaraz said he was “very, very happy to win the second set.
“If not, I probably could have lost, you know, in straight sets,” he said. “I just believe in myself all the time.”
Djokovic dominated the first set before Alcaraz won a thrilling tiebreaker to win the second.
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