Three games against him and three losses, but Stefanos Tsitsipas will be measured this Sunday at Carlos Alcaraz ready to fight for victory to register his name in the list of winners of Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Conde Godó Trophy.
The Greek will play his third Godó final after losing the first two against the best clay tennis player in history, Rafael Nadal. In his third attempt, he will face another player touched by the magic wand, Carlos Alcaraz, “currently the best player in tennis”, as Tsitsipas said in his press conference.
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“I am not afraid when I enter a track to play a game. I have to make some adjustments, but I will fight. You have to be better than him, see what he is doing and do it better”, commented the Greek on his choices in the final.
“I want to go out there, face one of the best players today and try to do my best on the court. I know it will put me in difficult situations, I face challenges and difficult moments against the best players currently on tennis,” said Tsitsipas.
“He has shown in recent years that he can take matches on his side, so I think it will be a huge challenge. I have to focus as much as I can and get high caliber tennis, those are the matter of battles nadal, Djokovic either Alcaraz”, pointed out the Hellenic player.
In his first press conference of the week, the Greek already admitted that Alcaraz’s distraction will make his own victories difficult, but he also said that this competition inspires him. “Absolutely yes. I like difficult things, I’m a bit masochistic. The greatest pleasure is when you achieve difficult things, right?” said the current world number 5 the other day.
The Greek winked at the Catalans when he answered what it meant for him to reach the Godó final for the third time, the tournament where he made his international appearance in 2018. “It means I can celebrate celebration of cataloniathe day of Sant Jordi. It’s something I’m looking for, to reach the final this week”, commented Stefanos.
Unlike their first meetings in Barcelona, Tsitsipas was more erratic on his serve in the semifinals against Lorenzo Musetti: He lost his serve up to five times during the whole week he didn’t drop it even once.
“I tried to change my serve to change the pace, but this time I had to face some breaks that I have not been used to in recent days. He doesn’t play with the clarity of ideas of late games. Those breaks came from my impatience, from my desire to attack immediately. In some games it was chaotic, but Lorenzo ran well, defended incredibly well and made good passing-shots with balls that I did not expect”, explained Tsitsipas.
Source: La Verdad
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