Carlos Alcaraz has calmly prepared his appointment this Thursday (not before 4:00 pm) in the round of 16 against Roberto Bautista, with whom he trained a thousand times, including an intense one a few days ago at RCTB-1899. Although there were no references between them on clay, there was something different on the hard court, at last year’s Indian Wells tournament.
The Murcian, 19 years old and world number 2, overcame the man from Castellón, 35 years old and number 25, 6-2 and 6-0.
Notice this meeting the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero, but this is within the standard preparation for an ATP Tour match. However, when he is in shape, there is not much to worry about for the opponent. “I expect a difficult game, against a very high level of Rober, but I am focused on my game,” he said.
He wants to polish his own tennis. He feels confident when the shots are flowing from his racket, and that’s the case when injuries don’t interfere with his plans. Rested by not going to Monte Carlo, he enjoyed Tuesday’s debut against the Portuguese Nuno Borges (6-3 and 6-1). “You always have to improve, you can always do things better. But it was good for the first game of the tour. To maintain that one hundred percent rhythm and yes, I can serve a little better, but above all, subtract better”, analyzed the tennis player from El Palmar.
With no competition, as he wanted to have a pause between his debut on Tuesday and returning to play on Thursday, he worked a day on Court 19. He did not pick another tennis player from the draw, as before began to catch up with the competition. To work on the details, a club player as a collaborator, Paul Martin Tiffonthat played in the previous episode.
He warned that “I don’t have a handbrake, and I won’t put it on. I’m always full speed.” Let’s see what a player really asks of him on the court Baptist which aims to recover the sensations. He opened the course well but since February, after the Australian Open, there have been many difficulties. Against Bernabé Zapata (6-2, 6-2) he reduced his negative balance to 3-7, which equals the overall course: 10-10.
A relief for any player of villarreal as a child, a shield he continued to carry throughout his consolidated phase as a tennis player. In Barcelona he made the quarters in 2015 and 2018. This afternoon he will face the champion.
Within a historic round of 16 as fifteen of the sixteen seeded players reached this round, and none dropped a set on their debut. just failed Frances Tiafoe.
Source: La Verdad
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