Carlos Alcaraz He defeated the Canadian 6-4, 6-4 Felix Auger-Aliassime. It was his first win against the Canadian in four games. He was frustrated because he was unable to break his serve in the eleven break points he managed in the first three games.
“I wanted to insist, be there all the time. I knew that I will have my opportunity and that I have to take advantage of it. Auger’s serve is good, the second serve needs to be attacked. Be more aggressive, immediately take the initiative of the point”, reasoned the Murcian.
He broke the Canadian’s serve three times, although he needed a sixth occasion to get the desired ‘break’. He caught him in the fifth game, which gave him peace of mind for what happened next.
He studied it carefully with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero. “I watched videos, of course, of the last matches I played against him. And I was very focused on attacking his second serve. He was a target from the start of the match.”
He advances to the semifinals, where another tough opponent awaits him this Saturday, although he has a record matched (2-2) in Jannik Sinner, who he traced the match ball to last time, at the US Open. “The one who ran hard was me that day, he hit very hard and I ran,” recalled the Murcian.
Although he is looking forward to the appointment because “I enjoy playing with him. I like hard, tough, high-quality matches. I like to play these kinds of matches. Jannik is a good partner, a great player and a great puncher. It will be fun for the fans to watch.”
It has a dual mission of conquest Indian Wells and regain the world number one, although “if you give me a choice between winning another Grand Slam or being one again, now win another great one”, after the US Open in 2022.
Only the third tournament of the season, after spending 102 days out of competition due to injury, suffered another physical disaster on his return, and was already bordering on a very high level. The Buenos Aires champion, who “came as a surprise”, was the finalist who was injured in Rio and is strongly targeting Indian Wells.
“It doesn’t surprise me, I’m a player and someone who learns quickly,” he warned. Carlos Alcaraz.
The recipe is also clear on the aspect of how to come back after an injury. “I look at the big players, you know, Djokovic or Rafael Nadal, that when they come back from an injury they have a good one
tournament winning percentage. So I watch them when they get injured and they come back. And I leave the first tournament very motivated,” he explained.
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Source: La Verdad
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