Alcaraz: "It hurts to see Rafa Nadal struggling in the sport he loves"

The Murcian tennis player Carlos Alcaraz warns this Tuesday at Cartagena that he was feeling “energetic and eager” before the tournament Roland Garros and said he knew he had “options” on Pariswhile saying that “it hurts to see Rafael Nadal struggling in the sport he loves. “

“I don’t want to see Rafa suffer in the sport he loves and I’m hurting too. I hope he recovers and becomes competitive”, he acknowledged a few days after beating the Majorcan in the quarterfinals of Mutua Madrid is open.

The young player El Palmar19 years old and sixth in the ATP circuit, the main focus on Sports Gala of the Autonomous Communityheld at the El Batel Auditorium and where he was awarded as the best athlete in the Region in 2021, sharing the motorcyclist award. Peter Acosta and with the athlete Mohamed Katir |.

Alcaraz explained that he was preparing and recovering from the sprain in his right ankle that he suffered at the Mutua Madrid Open and was a hindrance to his participation in the tournament in Rome.

“I am feeling better and better and I feel energetic and eager and knowing that I have my options,” he pointed out, already thinking about the Grand Slam that will begin this week and where many point to Spaniard as one of the candidates for to success.

“This is what motivates me to have them give me as one of the favorites to win Roland Garros and more than pressure, it is a stimulus to give everything “, he admitted.

the student of John Charles Ferrero He had a great year 2022 where he won 28 of the 31 games he played and became champion in the Masters 1,000 in Miami and Madrid and in the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona.

“I never thought of being third in the year and struggling to be first at this point, although one of my goals is to be on top by the end of the season. I’m very happy,” he said.

Alcaraz will return to Paris after losing in November against the French Hugo Gaston in the contest of Paris-Bercya painful defeat in which he was carried away by his rival into a clearly hostile environment.

“I thought about that fight, but hopefully that experience will help me so that something like this doesn’t happen to me again. I know that if I face another Frenchman at Roland Garros it will be the same or worse”, commented niya. .

The man from Palma had words of encouragement and support for Rafa Nadal, whose injury pulled him down and caused him severe pain preventing him from giving his best level when the tournament his won 13 times is close.