00:00 Well, yeah, it's my first time here in Rome, my first 24 hours here.
00:05 I practiced just twice.
00:08 Yeah, I enjoy my time here in Rome.
00:10 I couldn't go to the center, I couldn't visit anything yet,
00:14 but I would like to do that.
00:16 But right now I enjoy the club and the fans.
00:20 You have been already number one in the world,
00:24 and now you're going to be again number one in the world
00:27 because just the fact that you play, it helps you.
00:31 Does it make a difference?
00:33 I mean, is it important for you,
00:35 once you have already experienced to be number one,
00:40 to be number one next Monday after Rome?
00:44 What doesn't really change so much?
00:46 You're not so more excited as you were before?
00:49 No, no, no, it doesn't change anything for me, you know,
00:55 to be number one again.
00:56 Obviously, it's great, you know, to be number one
01:00 and, of course, to recover in this tournament.
01:05 But yeah, after that, nothing changed at all for me.
01:10 I'm going to play here
01:15 as same as I come in playing.
01:18 And of course, it's great, but it's not going to change anything.
01:24 The first time this season you played the same tournament
01:27 that Novak Djokovic.
01:29 Is there something special, maybe, I don't know,
01:32 a new pressure or new big excitement
01:34 to make the same story that he made in Rome?
01:37 Well, of course, being in the same tournament
01:42 that Novak is great, you know,
01:46 having him here and learning from him
01:50 is always good.
01:52 Having the best tennis player in the world, you know, in the tournament is great.
01:56 And I hope to
01:58 meet him in the final, you know.
02:03 But yeah, I always say that as a tennis fan,
02:07 I always want to see the best players in the world,
02:11 to watch them, you know, learn from them, because
02:13 you have to learn from everyone, you know.
02:17 And yeah, it's great to share the tournament.
02:20 Thank you.
02:21 Welcome, Carlos.
02:29 You haven't played here in Rome, you haven't played last year in Turin,
02:32 but you have played many times in your career in Italy.
02:35 You won next-gen finals in Milan, but you play a lot also like Challenger and Junior Tour.
02:39 Do you have any particular memory?
02:41 For example, I remember a match you played against Navi in Bonfiglio.
02:45 I don't know if you remember that or any other match.
02:48 Yeah, I remember. I remember it.
02:50 And yeah, I have a lot of great memories here in Italy.
02:56 I won my first Challenger title here
03:00 and
03:02 making my second final in a Challenger here in Italy as well.
03:08 So and of course, I grew up
03:10 a lot playing here in Italy, you know, Juniors, Challenger.
03:16 I think if I don't, I don't remember if I played some ITF as well here.
03:22 So I yeah, I grew up as a player a lot in this tournament.
03:28 And of course, I have great memories.
03:30 I played great, great matches here in Italy.
03:34 You talk a lot about wanting to smile on the court and, you know, be positive on the court.
03:42 I'm curious, what was your attitude like when you were younger and,
03:46 you know, when I guess you may have been less mature?
03:48 And also just curious about the impact of Kiko Navarro on your career?
03:53 Sorry, say again?
03:54 The impact of Kiko Navarro on your career?
03:56 Well, I mean, when I was younger,
04:03 I was a totally different person, you know, probably I
04:07 didn't enjoy as I'm enjoying right now.
04:12 I was mad, you know, throwing the racket,
04:17 you know, complaining a lot.
04:19 It was different, you know, but I started to, you know,
04:22 calm myself and, you know, control my emotions.
04:26 I started to enjoy playing tennis, enjoy a lot on court.
04:32 And of course, Kiko is someone that helped me a lot when I was young.
04:38 You know, I passed with him
04:41 a lot of memories, you know, I travelled
04:46 out to Spain for my first time with him.
04:49 But obviously I had
04:53 one coach as well when I started playing tennis,
04:57 that is Carlos as well, and helped me a lot when I was young.
