Carlos Alcaraz talks to TODAY about win over Novak Djokovic

THAT, THAT TENNIS POLE AS WELL. WE’LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. KEIR, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW WIMBLEDON CHAMPION HIMSELF, CARLOS ALCARAZ. GOOD MORNING, CARLOS. CONGRATULATIONS. >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YOU JUST CAN’T OVERSTATE HOW EXCITING THIS WAS FOR TENNIS FANS, FOR YOU TO DEFEAT NOVAK DJOKOVIC AT HIS PRIME, WIMBLEDO HOW DID YOU HOLD IT TOGETHER. HOW DID YOU NOT LOSE YOURYEARS. IT WAS TOUGH WITH THE NERVES, YOU KNOW, FACING NOVAK, BUT I’M GLAD I DID. >> CARLOS, LET’S TAKE IT BACK TO THE VERY FIRST SET. IT LOOKED LIKE

THIS WHOLE SET, TOURNAMENT MAY BE A YAWN. YOU CAME YOU KNOW, AND YEAH, REY REALLY GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO WIN THE SECOND SET BECAUSE, IF NOT, PROBABLY I COULD HAVE LOST, YOU KNOW, IN STRAIGHT SETS, SO I JUST BELIEVE IN MYSELF ALL THE TIME. >> NOW YOU MADE BELIEVERS OF EVERYONE, CARLOS. YOU DUG DEEP. THERE WAS ONE GAME IN THE THIRD SET THAT LASTED LONGER THAN A WHOLE SET. AND TALK ABOUT PRESSURE. YOU HAD ROYALTY IN THE STANDS A ABOUT IT. I TRIED NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO

STAY THAT WAY FROM THAT. THE SPANISH KING, WATCHING YOU, SUPPORTING YOU, THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMES THAT I, YOU KNOW, SEE HIM IN THE MATCH AFTER POINTS,

AND HE WAS CHEERING LIKE HE STARTED TO SAY VAMOS TO ME EVERY TIME THAT I WIN. IT’S SOMETHING CRAZY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES YOU SOME NERVES KNOWING THAT ROYALTIES ARE WATCHING YOU. >> THE KING OF SPAIN IS YOUR GOOD LUCK CHARM BECAUSE YOU WON AND YOU WON BIG. TELL US, FINALLY, CARLOS, ABOUT YOUR DAD, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO HIM. HE STARTED YOU PLAYING TENNIS WHEN YOU

WERE JUST 4 YEARS OLD. THIS WAS HIS DREAM COME TRUE, TOO? >> YEAH, THANKS T DREAM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MY FATHER’S DREAM AS WELL. IT’S AMAZING FOR HIM AS WELL, AND I’M REALLY GLAD TO HAVE HIM WITH ME, LIVING HIS DREAM AS WELL, WATCHING ALL THE TENNIS PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT I’M REALLY GLAD TO SHARE WITH HIM. >> YOU WROTE YOUR NAME INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS, CARLOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, AND WE’LL SEE YOU HERE IN NEW YORK FOR THE U.S. OPEN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEE YOU THERE.

>> CONGRATS. >> CAN WE JUST SAY WOW. >> I KIND OF CAN’T BELIEVE IT. I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW HOW GOOD HE IS, BUT THIS IS NOT HIS FAVORITE SURFACE. HE’S SO YOUNG, HE’S FACING A LEGEND IN CENTRE COURT WIMBLEDO