The German Jan Lennard Strufflost this Sunday of Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the Masters 1,000 in Madrid 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3, he said that the tournament was “an incredible journey” for him and considered that he had options to do more “in the first set and at the beginning of the third.”
“It’s been an incredible journey, from ‘lucky underdog’ to runner-up. It’s incredible encouragement for the weeks and months ahead,” he said. struffwho as of Monday will occupy the 28th position in the classification, the best of his life, at the age of 33.
“Without a doubt this is the best result of my career and it encourages me,” he insisted.
Struff said he missed a few opportunities in the first set, when, he said, “I was able to tie it at 5” and blow three break points.
“The second set was incredible, but in the third, since he broke my serve, I couldn’t stop him,” acknowledged the German player.
Struff indicated that his plan was to “get into the net as much as possible” but he wasn’t always able to do so, playing second serves.
“It’s a new feeling for me to be in a tournament for so long, two weeks, but if someone told me at the beginning what would happen… I’m proud, yes,” summed up the player, recalled from the previous stage and then runner-up.
Source: La Verdad
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