the russian Aslan Karatsev from earlier and qualified for the first time for the Masters 1,000 semifinals by beating the Chinese in Madrid Zhizhen Zhang (7-6 (3) and 6-4), considering that, after being a semifinalist in Australia in 2021 and coming out after the 100 best in the world, it was shown that the only thing that fits is “train and compete, because not know” when the fruits will come.
“I was ninety-one at the beginning of the year and then I fell to one hundred and twenty-one. I started playing ‘challenger’ and lost everything. But I keep working every day, training and believing in my team. The same thing happened to me two years ago. You never know when the jump will come. You train, you compete… and one day victory will come,” said Karatsev, who is now in th -121 places.
The Russian indicated in a press conference that he was able to “fulfill the plan for every game” in Madrid, which he was satisfied with.
Karatsev This reduced the drama of playing ‘challenger’ to regain ranking, when you don’t enter the big tournaments. “It’s not bad at all. I don’t think the level is much lower than that of an ATP 250 tournament,” he said.
He also doesn’t mind playing in the qualifying phase, although, he joked, “would be welcome.”
“There are always ups and downs in a race, in my case very low, for personal reasons. With the experience of the last two years I am calmer, I know how to focus on what I have to do,” he said .
His next opponent will be the winner of the clash between the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the German Jan-Lennard Struff.
Source: La Verdad
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