Alcaraz, beside himself and Sinner: “Shit! Do you want to forget?”

This Tuesday was not a good day for Carlos Alcaraz. The Murcian bid farewell to the Beijing tournament after losing in the semifinals against Jannik Sinner (7-6, 6-1) in a match where it was clear once again that the Italian was, along with Novak Djokovic, the player who was bothering him. the most.of his game.

“In the second set I wasn’t mentally well, I was complaining too muchOne thing that makes it really hard for you to play at your best level is hating yourself. This is what happened” confessed the world number 2 after the match.

really, Alcaraz is very unfocused, with constant complaints and criticisms of his gameas captured by television cameras.

“Shit! Do you want to get over it once and for all?” he exclaimed after one of the many mistakes he made throughout the game.

Alcaraz said that The key to the loss was “not taking advantage” of the break opportunities he had.

“I think I played good tennis in the first set, I was trying to take my chances. But he didn’t come out today. I had chances to get the second break in the first set. I didn’t take advantage. Also other breaking points later. I didn’t take advantage of them” he declared at the end of the game.

The Murcian highlighted that against “very complete” players like transalpine “if you don’t take advantage of the opportunities”, the goal of winning is “more difficult”.

Furthermore, Alcaraz emphasized that Looking ahead to Shanghai, he has “a lot of things to improve on” and despite being “hurt” by the defeat, it “provides many lessons.”

“We will try to do well to be as close as possible to (Novak) Djokovic, our goal,” he added.

Regarding the possible physical ailments he may have been carrying since the US Open, Alcaraz said that “obviously there are some problems,” but wanted to make it clear that they are normal.

“Nothing serious. During the tournament I played 100% physically,” he added.