{"id":5492646,"date":"2024-06-10T12:19:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T11:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jersey-evening-post-prod.eu-west-2.elasticbeanstalk.com\/uncategorised\/2024\/06\/10\/carlos-alcaraz-dreaming-of-catching-novak-djokovic-after-third-grand-slam-title\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:19:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T11:19:07","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-dreaming-of-catching-novak-djokovic-after-third-grand-slam-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerseyeveningpost.com\/uksport\/2024\/06\/10\/carlos-alcaraz-dreaming-of-catching-novak-djokovic-after-third-grand-slam-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz dreaming of catching Novak Djokovic after third Grand Slam title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz is an eighth of the way towards Novak Djokovic\u2019s haul of 24 grand slam titles and is already dreaming of catching the Serbian superstar.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz captured his third major crown, and his first French Open title, when he beat Alexander Zverev in a five-set marathon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old certainly has time on his side as Djokovic was 24 when he claimed his third grand slam win, at Wimbledon in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>After joining fellow Spaniard Nadal as the only men to lift the Roland Garros trophy aged under 22, Alcaraz was asked whether he could eventually match Djokovic\u2019s record tally.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Buenos d\u00edas ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/diDhigwgjK\">pic.twitter.com\/diDhigwgjK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlosalcaraz\/status\/1800074628175663186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. I hope so,\u201d he smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talked to (coach) Juan Carlos (Ferrero) a few days ago. Before facing this final, he told me how I\u2019m going to fight for a third grand slam title, with everything you have been through, and you know the difficult part of winning a grand slam \u2013 and Djoko has 24! So it is unbelievable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now I can\u2019t think about it. I just want to keep going, and let\u2019s see how many grand slams I\u2019m going to take at the end of my career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully I\u2019ll reach the 24, but right now I\u2019m going to enjoy my third one, and let\u2019s see in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz is the youngest man to win a grand slam title on all three surfaces, adding the Paris clay to his hard-court US Open success and last year\u2019s win on the Wimbledon grass.<\/p>\n<p>It was a remarkable achievement given he played wearing a supportive sleeve on his arm having been injured in the weeks leading up the the tournament.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"pa-embed\" data-type=\"quote\" data-quote=\"Hopefully I'll reach the 24 (Grand Slam titlles), but right now I'm going to enjoy my third one\" data-source=\"Carlos Alcaraz\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/content-embed.pressassociation.com\/embeds.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, obviously winning the US Open, something that I dreamt of since I started playing tennis, getting my first grand slam, was pretty special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut honestly, the way that I won Wimbledon, beating Novak in five sets, was a great achievement for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut right now lifting the Roland Garros trophy, knowing everything that I have been through the last month with the injuries and all that stuff, I don\u2019t know. 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