Carlos Alcaraz became just the second player in men\u2019s tennis history to win both Roland Garros and the Queen\u2019s\u00a0Club Championships in the same year after he defeated\u00a0Jiri Lehecka.<\/p>\n
The 2022 champion was made to work for his victory, winning the opening set 7-5 before losing the second set tie-break to set up a deciding third set.<\/p>\n
But the Spaniard\u2019s quality shone through, winning 6-2 in the final set to secure back-to-back tournament wins following his French Open victory just two weeks beforehand.<\/p>\n
The dual triumph put him in an exclusive group of just two players to have won both Queen\u2019s and Roland Garros in the same year, joining compatriot Nadal in having achieved that feat.<\/p>\n
Speaking after his 18th consecutive win, the best streak of his career to date, Alcaraz<\/strong><\/a> took time to praise Lehecka, describing him as a \u201cnightmare\u201d to play against.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really special, this trophy, this tournament for me,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I\u2019m just happy to leave with this trophy once again.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I have to say to Jiri, incredible week. Honestly, your level is really, really high. I\u2019m going to say it is a nightmare playing against you, that means how tough you are so great week. Great job. Keep it up for Wimbledon with your team.\u201d<\/p>\n As for his own performance, the Wimbledon favourite said he arrived in London with no expectations.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible week, but I came without expectations at all,\u201d the 22-year-old said. \u201cJust came to play good tennis, just trying to be ready as soon as possible for the grass.<\/p>\n \u201cI have to say, thank you to my team for the whole week. I am lucky to have my family, a lot of friends here that made me feel really comfortable out on court so without them, that wouldn\u2019t be possible. So I have to say thank you to my team, to my family, to my friends and obviously all the people who support me during the whole week.\u201d<\/p>\n Next up for Alcaraz is Wimbledon and a chance to win there for the third time in his career. On his chances, the Spaniard hoped to keep his \u201cgood feelings\u201d going.<\/p>\n Toni Nadal names ATP star who could stop a Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz Wimbledon final<\/strong><\/a> \u201cI\u2019m super excited to play the first match on Centre Court when you know, once again, it\u2019s going to be a really, really beautiful moment.<\/p>\n \u201cI think this tournament and lifting this trophy, it was the best preparation that I could ask for. And I will try to keep the good work, keep the good feeling, and starting the tournament at Wimbledon the best way possible.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s pretty long. Two weeks could be really, really long, but I will try to start the tournament in a good way, and let\u2019s see how far I will be.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Carlos Alcaraz matches rare Rafa Nadal feat with Queen\u2019s victory<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz became just the second player in men\u2019s tennis history to win both Roland Garros and the Queen\u2019s\u00a0Club Championships in the same year after he defeated\u00a0Jiri Lehecka. The 2022 champion was made to work for his victory, winning the opening set 7-5 before losing the second set tie-break to set up a deciding third […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}MORE ON CARLOS ALCARAZ ON T365<\/h2>\n
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