The Spanish Carlos Alcarazwho raised a match point against his countryman Albert Ramos in the second round of Roland Garros, he admitted that at the time he said he could beat, but he allegedly never stopped believing in his return options.
“I believe in myself, I have my style, I work hard every day, you have to have a clear objective, beautiful dreams and pursue those dreams every day,” he said after winning 6-1, 6-7 (7) , 5-7, 7-6 (2) and 6-4 in four and a half hours, the longest game of his career.
“After losing the second set, the third was very hard, I saw that I could beat. There was a moment that I was inferior to the set, I have to change something because I will lose. But I always believed that I can give it back I know that closing games is difficult and I will have my chances ”, he commented.
Alcaraz assured that he will save this fight “as a lesson” because “tennis learns based on this type of situation”, while recalling the advice he gave him. Alex Corretja: With these achievements a great player is made.
He considered it “a great game” because he was able to “accept that things weren’t good” and worked to improve it.
The Spaniard did not hide his ambition to one day be number one in the world, but he said he tries not to think about it so as not to pressure himself.
“I’ve dreamed of it since I was playing tennis, I work at it, but I try not to think about it because it puts pressure on me,” he said.
“It’s true that I’m young, but I have experience, I’m comfortable in big stadiums, even in the Grand Slam, in important matches. I’m strong physically and I think also mentally. I’m ready for these kinds of fights,” he said. where he is.
His next rival was the American sebastian kordahis executioner in the last tournament at Montecarlo, the only winner this season to beat him on clay.
Alcaraz recalled that he faced that game that had just arrived from Miami Masters 1,000, on a hard court, where he won the final, and there was no shooting in the clay and that, after all, was close to victory.
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Source: La Verdad
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