The Spanish tennis player Pablo Carreño declared that the bronze medal won in the Olympic Games in Tokyo (Japan) by overcoming Serbian Novak Djokovic, world number one, “tastes like a title.”
Carreño defeated Novak Djokovic by two sets to one (6-4, 6-7 (6) and 6-3) and achieved, at 30, “one of the most important victories” of his career in his Olympic debut.
“The feelings that I have had on the track I have never had and I have won Davis Cup and ATP titles. I have won many things but never like this. This medal, although it is bronze, tastes like a title to me, “Carreño said at a press conference organized by the Spanish Olympic Committee.
Understand Djokovic
The Asturian tennis player He did not want to enter to assess the behavior of Djokovic, who broke a racket in anger during the game. “All these things are a consequence of the fact that he is seeing that the game is in danger, that I am a difficult opponent and he does not see things clear. I had to think positively and I grew up with it. From then on Novak is an excellent player, He has shown it many times and I have shown that I have overcome moments of tension, “he confessed.
Carreno acknowledged that in the second game, the one that Djokovic won, made him doubt for a moment his chances, although he soon recovered. “Luckily I was ahead on the scoreboard and that facilitates positive thoughts. Then the thoughts come to you that I had the game close, I lost the game and I was not getting it, “he admitted.
Finally, Carreño avoided talking about the next Olympic event, in Paris 2024, and wanted to be “cautious.” “These were my first Games, I dreamed of a medal and could say anything about Paris, but you have to be careful. Paris will be another adventure and in three years I hope to be as good as I have been up to now. I will give everything to get it “, he concluded