The Argentinian Pedro Cachinwho achieved the best victory of his career by defeating the American Frances Tiafoeninth seed, and reached the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 tournament for the first time, praised the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz whom he compared as “an alien”.
“I see him as an alien. It’s not normal. We try to copy him, but what he does is impossible. In other words, all games depend on him, everything. Whether he wins or loses. As in the match. against Dimitrov, the break he makes is his fault”, highlighted the Argentine.
“I’m not telling you it’s that he gets bored but he starts doing things that he wasn’t doing but because the level is much higher. And the next game he breaks again. and within what is possible, he should copy a little . the concepts that It has to be like playing on the ground or how to play fast, more than how he hits the ball than the shots he has”, added the pupil of Alex Corretja, who is qualified as a father.
“I think he changed my life. He changed a lot in tennis and outside of tennis he changed my life. He was a father, a brother. He was a very good person,” she said.
For Cachin, the Mutua Madrid Open proved to be a turning point in his career. He achieved his third consecutive victory and reached the round of 16 of a Masters 1000.
“Yes, it’s a turning point. I always trust the process. This was my first year in the elite and I knew and was convinced that I was going to take a step forward and win games. And that’s how it has been. At the at the beginning of the year I didn’t win matches but victories came. In the Madrid tournament, although I was a challenger, I came a long way and that was good for me. I moved forward and in this tournament I saw that I grew that I’m at the level. I showed that I belong here and that I can belong in these types of tournaments”, said the Argentine who will face German Jan Lennard Struff in the round of 16.
“It was one of those days where everything worked. I had a few unforced errors against an opponent who causes mistakes. I still have a lot to grow,” said the Argentine of the match, who for the first time beat a player ranked. in the top fifteen in the world.
“Madrid has conditions that I really like and I try to take advantage of them. I live naturally and give my best every day,” explained Cachín, who hopes that the round of 16 will be on one of the main courts of the venue.
Source: La Verdad
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