Carlos Alcaraz est prêt à en découdre à Paris. "Carlitos" n'a jamais fait mieux qu'un quart au Rolex Paris Masters et compte bien faire mieux cette année. Pour cela, il faudra bien commencer contre Nicolas Jarry ou Lorenzo Sonego. L'Espagnol va pouvoir compter sur sa fraîcheur, lui qui n'a plus joué un match officiel depuis la tournée asiatique début octobre. Entre temps, il est tout de même passé par Riyad et le tournoi exhibition Six Kings Slam, avec Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic et Jannik Sinner notamment. Ce dernier avait empoché six millions de dollars mais a révélé ce week-end qu'il n'était pas venu pour l'argent en Arabie Saoudite. La même question a été posée par Carlos Alcaraz ce lundi et la réponse a été différente.
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00:00Hello Carlos, Yannick Sinner said in an interview last week that he went to the Six Kings Slam
00:08not for money, that his motivations were different.
00:11What was your motivation when you went to Saudi Arabia last week?
00:15Well, if I say I went there just for fun or to play and forget the money, I'm going to lie.
00:35Every person works for that as well, that's how life is about.
00:45I love playing tennis and most of the time I don't think about the money, I just play for love, for fun.
00:58But you have to be realistic, you have to think that you want to earn money and that's it.
01:10In Arabia it's the highest prize money ever in history, so that was a good motivation for me.
01:21You played with Giovanni in Beijing, you saw he won against Basel yesterday.
01:30The question is very simple, do you think he has the better serve of a tour?
01:36Without a doubt, the way he serves is unbelievable.
01:43I saw the stats in the final, the average of the first serve was 2.35 and the second serve was 2.15.
01:55So that's the average, that's crazy.
02:00I played against him in Basel, it was totally different conditions.
02:03The court was lower so I could return his serves a few times in the games that I broke his serves.
02:15It was difficult because from the baseline he has big shots as well, a really good forehand, good volleys.
02:26He can be solid from the baseline.
02:30I think he deserves to win in Basel and probably he's a player who is going to be there for a long time.