Carlos Alcarazworld number 1, declared on Tuesday in Murcia that 2023 will be “a year of pressure” for him due to his current status and stressed that if the Serbian Novak Djokovic or the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas they will usurp the future leadership of the ATP “because they deserve more than me”.
The young 19-year-old tennis player from Murcia made these statements at the Romea Theater in the capital of Segura, where he attended the Laureles award ceremony awarded by the Official College of Journalists of the Region of Murcia.
“It’s always nice to receive an award”, A grateful Alcaraz indicated that, therefore, he referred to the recovery from his injury to the semimembranosus muscle of his right leg that he suffered during training and that prevented him from participating in the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season and that was in contention in Melbourne.
“I am progressing well and fast and a few days ago I returned to training on the track. I really want to play, more than ever, because I’ve never been this long without competing,” he admitted.
The tennis player from El Palmar, who played his last match on the circuit on November 4 of last year in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1,000 in Paris-Bercy -in that clash against the Danish Holger Rune he suffered another injury that made him leave- , He did not hide a certain anxiety that reappeared, something that he would do, except for a setback, in mid-February at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires.
“I was watching the Australian Open from home and it was difficultbecause I think it could be me, but I’m a positive person and I think this break is good for me to realize some things that I can do better on the track and outside of it”, comments he.
In Melbourne, Djokovic and Tsitsipas, heavy favorites to take the title, also opted to occupy the spot where Alcaraz has been since winning the US Open on September 11.
“I know what Djokovic and Tsitsipas are doing, but I’m not worried. To take the number 1 away from me, one of us must become champion and if it happens it will be because the one who will achieve it is more deserving than me,” said the Spaniard, who was clear about what was waiting for him. .
“It will be a year of pressure for me because of the titles I won in 2022. and it is very long and it can start well and end badly or vice versa”, he said.
Source: La Verdad
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