'I’ve been chasing it a long time' - Alcaraz on the Turin trophy

Well, it's been a roller coaster, to be honest, having success, you know, the beginning of the year, having to stop half of the season, then winning again. I don't know. Let's say two really important tournaments ahead of me. So it's going to be really important to determine, you know, that number of the season. But right now I'm going to rate 7.5, 8. I'm going to look at it, but I'm not going to touch it. Not yet. Not yet, not yet. How special would it be to win this? It would be really special. You know, since the first tournament of the year, every player is thinking about coming here to this tournament. So, competing with the best head players in the world. And it ended up... Lifting the trophy at the end of the week, it would mean a lot to me, even more especially this season with all the difficulties that I had and yeah, I'm going to try everything and I'm going to do whatever it takes for me to be in a good shape and in a good position to give myself a shot to play a final. So this trophy is something that I've been chasing for a long time, so I'm going to try everything. Yeah, definitely. I mean, having hold that trophy twice already is quite a special feeling. Quite extraordinary, you know, outside Grand Slams and the Olympics, the biggest tournament that we have in the world and a very, very special one because you're competing with the best players in the world. Yeah, this year has been special for me in many, many ways. You know, I think qualifying here, you never take it for granted. It is always very, very special to be among the eight best players in the world. But this year, I think the headline is a bit different. I've achieved a lot of... My dreams that I had, winning Grand Slam, world number one status, I think that those are things that I was fighting for and working for for a very long time. It's been a long time. Having both of those things, having achieved both of those things this year is incredible.