Alcaraz broke down after the mother of all matches with Djokovic in Cincinnati

This Sunday Carlos Alcaraz lived through one of his most painful defeats. The epic battle he played in Cincinnati against Novak Djokovic ended with the Serb’s side picking a harsh outcome on the merits of the still world number 1.

“Very painful” he admitted after the game, although he underlined his pride in “leaving everything on the track” and that, precisely for this reason, “you can’t blame yourself for anything”.

“There are defeats and defeats, there are defeats that are difficult to assimilate, others are cheaper. These kinds of losses hurt, really hurt, I won’t lie. But at the same time you are left with a positive feeling saying that you have left everything, when you feel that you have left everything on the path, you cannot blame anything, you have to leave proud and happy with what you have done, and that is my case “, said Alcaraz at the end of the final.

“I got a little emotional along the way for the simple fact of leaving everything behind, of having opportunities and not taking them. But fighting to the last point kept me more on track. I leave happy, we are proud of all the work we are doing and I myself am proud of what I have done today,” he added.

Alcaraz fell to Djokovic, 5-7, 7-6(7) and 7-6(4) after the final three hours and 49 minutes.where the Murcian overturned four match points, with an impressive score, before succumbing in the third set tiebreaker.

When you get to your seat, the Murcian could not hold back the tears of anger for not being able to take a victory of that level.

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His coach Juan Carlos Ferrero applauded him for the way he competed until the end.

“We talked to Juan Carlos when he was on his bike. In the second set there was a moment of downturn when I was up, that he probably took advantage of it more. He should have been a little better when he was up, that’s all we talked about. The only thing I can blame myself a little. But then we immediately said that we left everything on the track and this is the path,” said the twenty-year-old from Murcia.

Alcaraz plans to sleep in Cincinnati and travel this Monday to New York to start preparing for the US Open, where he is defending the crown won last year.

Before picking up the racket, however, He emphasized that he would play one day to play golf.

“Tomorrow (Monday) I travel to New York, on Tuesday I will play golf, obviously (laughs). And from Wednesday I will continue training, there is no other way to improve“, he commented.

“We’re really looking forward to getting back to the US Open, which is a tournament that has given me so much And where did I get my dreams? I really want to play in front of the whole New York crowd.”