Carlos Alcarazwho had to play in three sets this Friday to defeat the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori (2-6, 6-4 and 6-2) in his tournament debut in Madrid, he regretted throwing away the racket, an unusual gesture for him, when he fell 3-2 in the second set.
“It has been a mental stop, I don’t support that type of thing, but it has come out and I regret it,” he later assured at a press conference.
“I have spoken Juan Carlos (Ferrero, his coach) and this kind of thing cannot happen”, said the player from Murcia, adding that “playing games without being brilliant, without putting the best version, gives you of confidence”.
“It calms me down more for the following games,” he said, because there were times when, he admitted, “I didn’t know how to hurt him.”
“Now the soul of my grandfather is more present than ever and it is necessary to throw the three ‘c’ all the time,” said Alcaraz, referring to the motto “head, heart and balls.”
“A lot of thoughts go through your head,” he said of the game’s tough moments, such as when he had to overcome five break balls.
“I focused on making a good serve, always thinking that I can do it, that I would have my chance at the rest,” he commented.
“I’m aggressive and I always go for the point, but Emily He didn’t let me, I had to get into the rally, extend the points a little longer. I adapt a lot to the circumstances, my style is aggressive, but if I have to spend seven I do it and I’m comfortable too”, he stated.
For the world number two, the first seed in Madrid, “we had to take the game as usual”, even though it will cost him “physically and especially mentally tired”.
Source: La Verdad
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