Alcaraz: "Only defeat, not death"

The Spanish Carlos Alcarazwho suffered his third defeat of the season on Wednesday and was eliminated in Monte Carlo Masters 1000 after losing to the Americans sebastian kordawas “disappointed” because he had chances to win the battle.

“I’m a little disappointed with myself because I have a lot of chances to dominate the game and close to winning moments. Sometimes these defeats are nice to suffer. Now you have to keep playing to accumulate games,” summed up the world number eleven.

“Now all I’m thinking about is playing more clay matches. I’m not thinking about the expectations I’m building or whatever. I’m on my way,” added Alcaraz, who lost three sets in his first experience the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo.

The Spanish tennis player, who entered the competition with the title of Miami Masters 1000 Under his arm, he recognized that moving from hard court to clay was not easy. “The first game on the ground was always hard. The conditions were hard too. In the air and all that. But hey, we have to rest and continue touring the ground,” he said.

Alcaraz insisted that one surface and another had nothing to do with it. “It’s a matter of time and it happens to all of us. The adaptation. It’s all different. The transition is complicated, I know that,” said the Murcian tennis player whose next goal is the tournament Gothic in Barcelona.

“It was a hard match but I’m ready to go back to training and think about the next tournaments. Mentally I’m ready. And physically too”, stressed the player from El Palmar.

“I don’t think about what I’ve achieved so far and I just concentrated on adapting to the clay and improving,” Alcaraz said, praising his rival. “I think for the first time against the surface it’s nice.”

“Losses are part of this job and you have to accept them in the best way. It’s just a defeat, not death. There’s another chance to improve,” the Spaniard added.