Pablo Carreno he returned to the front row of a circuit tournament in Barcelona, where he reached the final he lost Carlos Alcaraz.
Carreño recovered the sensations. To reach the final, he defeated substance rivals like the Norwegian Casper Ruudthe Italian Lorenzo Sonego or the Argentine Diego Schwartzmann. Leaving for Madrid to play Masters 1000 of the Magic Boxwho has never been great here, is attending to EFE Agency.
Carreño featured that he had already recovered the sensations on the track and considered that the lowest moment of the course was behind him. Just in case, he always has the bronze medal he won Tokyo. The best moment of his career.
Question: Have you ever had time to recover a little bit of everything you experienced in the tournament in Barcelona?
Answer: “I have already started training. I rested for a few days and the truth is I need them”
Q: You have this final in Barcelona, before the Round of 16 in Monte Carlo. Have you found the right tone for the season?
A: “The season started very well with the Australian tour, the ATP Cup and it’s true that it went wrong not only at the level of results but also at the level of the game. I kind of lost dynamics, path and confidence and that’s it most dangerous thing.In Monte Carlo, luckily, I was able to win a few games, despite not being very comfortable, it helped me feel better, with more confidence, and the game against to Alexander Zverev, despite the defeat, I think it was very positive for me, to regain sensations and confidence.
It’s true that in Barcelona I was back on the winning path, back to the level of play that was the most important thing for me. Recovering to that level of play and seeing myself competing again with players like Lorenzo Sonego, Casper Ruud, like Diego Schwartzman … very hard games, very hard and makes it even more worthwhile to reach the final ”.
Q: Do you need to beat the top players and accumulate time on the court to recover the sensations?
A: “Yes. Ultimately I have to feel like I have the level to compete against the best, which is what I’ve lost a little bit. But this week has been very good for me. I’ve played very good games, very hard. , I was from the back, I was ahead of the scoreboard and I closed the games which is something I didn’t get in Indian Wells and in Miami I wasted match points, but the truth is the sensations are good and I’m happy in the work I have done to recover these sensations And now we just have to keep working and not relax. Do not think that everything is done and try to maintain that level in Madrid, which is what matters “.
Q: Madrid has not been good here. Do you want to remove that thorn?
A: “I’ve been bad at it, really. The most I’ve done is the second round and in a Masters 1000 my goal has to go further. But I don’t know if it’s because of the height or because I’m playing in Madrid, in Spain which is more difficult for me.But in Barcelona I felt very comfortable and I hope that now in Madrid I will feel Barcelona again, that the public is in favor and they are there at important moments.It is great when the trend is good and in Madrid it hasn’t been good for me.But I won’t give up.It’s a chance I have.I’m from the finals in Barcelona and I have to take advantage of the dynamics to get even a little bit and for the first time leave the tour in Spain happy “.
Q: In Barcelona after the final, you had a very good vibe with Carlos Alcaraz. Is this common to Spanish players or is it special to Carlos?
A: “Ever since I entered the circuit I’ve always gotten along well with everyone, especially the Spaniards. Both with Rafa Nadal and David Ferrer, everyone I’ve been with has helped me a lot, I’ve been able to train with them And now one that I’m with veterans, when new people come in, I also try to make them as comfortable as I did.We all have a very good vibe.
In Alcaraz a little more. I met him when I was 14 years old, we trained at the same academy, I had many moments with him. During the pandemic, many of us lived together in academia, off the beaten path and inside. And that makes me happy that he is doing very well and that he has evolved a lot and hopefully we can compete together for many years and that we will play finals like the ones in Barcelona and see if I can win One”.
Q: Did Alcaraz have a very bright future at stake for him?
A: “Carlos is a very good player who will mark a season and have great results, but the press and people also love to look for‘ replacements ’,‘ the new like ’and always mean to the end things are a bit twisted, very little margin and you are also starting to criticize and reverse the sayings.experience and that It will help you to be abstract from all this, gossip, things that come out , some terrible but this is what we have. “
Q: In the first third of the season we saw some very good results for Spanish tennis. Rafa Nadal at the Australian Open, Carlos Alcaraz Miami and Barcelona, Alejandro Davidovich final in Monte Carlo, you final in Barcelona. Four players in the top twenty …
A: “And an ATP Cup finals. We have to enjoy it. Spanish tennis always has great players, very good and now too. With Nadal leading and with Alcaraz struggling hard and excited people can he wins a Grand Slam every year. Also Roberto Bautista, Albert Ramos, Davidovich, Pedro Martínez, many of whom are also excited “.
Q: We had two weird years. Tracks with no audience, restrictions, veto … Normality seems to be recovering. In Madrid, for example, almost all of them are already there.
A: “It was necessary. There were very difficult moments. At first you were happy to be able to play even without an audience and confined to the hotel. Eventually you were accepted because you had to play and this was the solution. But now calmly moving, congratulations to a friend, asking for an autograph, having dinner together, spending time with family, being at home and going to a tournament. Missed. The public, the whole court. The illusion of living on the circuit. This is very positive news It’s nice to feel the things that this. “
Q: Do you look at the Olympic medal a lot?
A: “Yes, I have it behind me. Every time I sit on the sofa, it also raises your self-esteem a little, reliving those moments and those emotions and how it was achieved was a very, very special moment.”
Q: Was this the best moment of your career?
A: “Yes. I’ve had very good moments on an individual level and also on the national team, but I’ve experienced some Games even with covid. Happiness and pride are the same as without covid even though I haven’t lived Games without covid. I hope I can bring it back, even if it’s not a medal, but I can relive that good experience. “
Q: The Davis Cup. A very difficult group. You fixed how you see it?
A: “Lately, I’ve been regular but lately, I’ve been pushing a lot. I’m number three in Spain who is almost tied to Bautista, but Davidovich, for example, is getting stronger, very close. We’ll see how we get there. By the end of the year Depending on the moment, it’s a very demanding sport and it is very difficult to spend ten or eleven months at the same high level and in the end we will see how it goes and the captain will have to decide that he has a lot to choose from and that is good.
As for the draw, again we had the toughest group with Novak Djokovic’s Serbia, with Canada who, if their best players go, could aspire to win here. And Korea, which is on a different level, but you have to win because all the points are important. “
Q: Now that he’s in his thirties, he’s a mature player. What has changed since you started? Are there new habits, new routines?
A: “Yes, it changes. When you’re 30, you know yourself better than when you were 18 or 20. I know what I should do to make me feel better or when I have a problem I know it’s a problem and not a damage.If I have to force it, do more or less.Sometimes during the game you read them better than a few years ago but it is true that you healed worse than ten years ago .Physically I feel good.I haven’t been injured and knocked on wood for a long time because it has made my career heavier.I get to know my body better.I have a different job.It’s longer sessions and the sessions are not split.One session but longer. I do things that are good for my body to be one hundred percent and compete well “.
Q: Do you notice the passing of years in travel activities, for example, or maybe even illusion?
A: “The illusion remains the same as when I started. When I’m gone, it will be time to stop. But we also have a life outside of tennis. I got married last year. Some are starting to become other priorities. It It doesn’t mean that tennis isn’t what-what, but there are also other things that are starting to interest you or live differently.But the important thing is that tennis continues to give me the same enthusiasm.And the those who want to kick me Outside is going to be a very hard time. “
Q: You became the tenth player in the world. Back there Is it a challenge, a challenge, a possibility, something unlikely?
A: “It will be complicated for sure because there is a high level. Young people like Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner came … and everyone wants to be there and it is a very difficult thing to achieve. I achieved it in 2017 and in 2020 I was the Eleventh and now I’m eighteen. It’s a bit far but I’m there, close and anytime you’ll find yourself there again. I’ve shown that I have a level and I can compete with the players ahead, like by Schwartzman, Ruud … It’s always fun to be there, but it’s not the main thing.
The main thing is to feel like in Barcelona, with good feelings, that I can compete with anyone. Let rivals see that you are there again. That’s the most important thing for the rest of the season and there are no injuries. ”
Source: La Verdad
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