VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM CARLOS ALCARAZ AFTER ATP FINALS GROUP STAGE WIN OVER TAYLOR FRITZ RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: TURIN, ITALY (NOVEMBER 11, 2025) (ATP MEDIA / IMG – Editorial use only. No resales. No monetisation.) 1. CURRENT WORLD NUMBER TWO AND SIX-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION, CARLOS ALCARAZ, SITTING DOWN AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CURRENT WORLD NUMBER TWO AND SIX-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION, CARLOS ALCARAZ, ON THE CHANCE TO END THE YEAR AS NUMBER ONE, SAYING: "Well, at the beginning I'm trying not to think about it, to be honest, but it's really difficult not to think about the number one spot. At the beginning of the match, I thought a little bit about it, but during the match, there were a lot of things to think about and, you know, the number one, the thought about the number one was gone. I was, you know, in my mind I was thinking about how can I turn around the match? Because I had really difficult moments and I wasn't playing that good, I guess, or I just, I didn't feel as good as the match against (Alex) de Minaur, for example. So, I thought about to find a way just to, to try to come back or to win the match. So, you know, the number one thoughtS, I didn't think about it at all. You know, during the match, it was just trying to get the win, how it is possible. Good that I got it. And obviously it was a really important step for to (qualify) to the semi-final." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CURRENT WORLD NUMBER TWO AND SIX-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION, CARLOS ALCARAZ, ON THE CHANCE TO END THE YEAR AS NUMBER ONE, SAYING: "Well it’s obviously something very nice and it’s a clear objective I’ve had since the start of the year. But at the end of the day, we’re trying not to think about the number one spot because if we give it too much importance it can backfire since you can end up feeling under even more pressure or not coping well with the nerves of fighting for or playing a match for the number one spot. It's something to value highly, very highly because I'm competing with Jannik (Sinner) who is always much more consistent and he practically always plays at a very high level. So, it’s something that if I can ultimately achieve… it’s something very important and very nice to achieve. But ultimately we are trying to give more importance to the tournament and trying to play indoor tennis which is something I’m not used to." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. ALCARAZ LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE STORY: Carlos Alcaraz is bidding to win his first ATP Finals title and is also in line for the year-end world number one spot, but during a hard-fought win over Taylor Fritz on Tuesday (November 11) that number-one-bid was the last thing on the Spaniard's mind. Alcaraz came through a thrilling three-setter to overcome American Fritz 6-7(2) 7-5 6-3 to leave him one win away from securing top spot in the world rankings for 2025 ahead of Italian Jannik Sinner. While that fight with Sinner is never far from the Spaniard's thoughts, Fritz putting him to the sword gave Alcaraz enough to worry about. "At the beginning I'm trying not to think about it, to be honest, but it's really difficult not to think about the number one spot," Alcaraz said. "At the start of the match I thought a little bit about it. During the match there were a lot of things to think about. The thought about number one was gone." After Fritz won the opening set on the tiebreak, Alcaraz was also in difficulty in the second set before coming through with his second win of the season-ending championships. "In my mind I was thinking about how can I turn around the match because I had really difficult moments. I wasn't playing that good, I guess," Alcaraz said. "I thought about finding a way just to try to come back or to win the match. The number one thoughts, I didn't think about it at all during the match. I was just trying to get the win, how it is possible." A victory for Alex de Minaur over Lorenzo Musetti in the other Jimmy Connors Group match later on Tuesday would secure Alcaraz's place in the semi-finals in Turin. (Production: Conal Quinn)
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