A Wimbledon,
The Dane did not hide his excitement to find the Spaniard, for the shock of the new generation, Wednesday. This will only be the second time the two budding champions have faced off. At the last Rolex Paris Masters, the Spaniard had to give up in the quarter-finals. “To be able to play a quarter-final against a player of the same age, at the top of the ranking, it’s an incredible feeling, savors Rune. I’m looking forward to this game. I even ticked it off when I was in the first round. Now that we’re here, I’m very motivated and very excited. It’s great to face him in a game like this. It’s a game I want to play. As far as I’m concerned, I’m going to give it my all. I know it’s a great chance for me to be in the quarters, to go far in the tournament. I’ll try to grab it because we don’t get it every week. I stay in the moment and I really, really want to improve myself. To be honest, I don’t feel like I’m going very fast. But I also see that Alcaraz is doing even better than me.
The two prodigies have known each other for a long time. In 2017, they appeared in the painting of the Petits As de Tarbes. In singles, the Norwegian was eliminated in the semi-finals, the Spaniard lost in the round of 16. “He was always a passionate player on the pitch, with a lot of energy. In juniors too, he had a big forehand. I think he’s the same, but he’s much better today.” And they had shared the field in doubles, eliminated in the semi-finals “Of course I would like to play doubles with him again. I know he doesn’t play doubles much, either. But maybe one day we will have the opportunity to play together. When a singles player is playing doubles, he wants to cover the court on his own. We both try to do it a bit, which is fun.”
