Alcaraz, on the fight with Evans: “It’s one of the toughest of the year”

Carlos Alcaraz He assured that this Monday the match against the British Daniel Evanswhich was imposed by 7-6 (1) and 6-4 within Shanghai Masterswas “one of the hardest” he’s played this year.

“I think (the key) is being there with a strong mind. I have had many opportunities, which I hardly took advantage of. The easy thing there is to go down a little bit (…), and the key is to wait for opportunities, to know that I will have more,” said the world tennis number two.

Asked about the problem put to him by Evans – who he has faced three times, all of them with success for the Spaniard -, Alcaraz said: “He was more aggressive than in other games. “It was one of the hardest games I’ve played this year.”

In particular, referring to his last victory against the Englishman (at the US Open in September), he said that the conditions in Shanghai were “different.” “It is slower than the US OpenI had to adjust my game a little bit,” he explained.

About his rival in the round of 16, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (19th in the rankings), the tournament’s top seed assured that he is a “very talented” player. “I will try to be focused all the time and not let him dominate the game. “He is comfortable if the game goes his way, so I will try to put pressure on him,” he commented.

Russian Daniil Medvedev, current champion of the competition but already eliminated this year, pointed to Alcaraz and the Italian Jannik Sinner as good candidates to win the title, something the Murcian said: “(Seeing) the level that we show Jannik and I, I’m not surprised that players can put us as favorites (…), but this is tennis, anything can happen.”