Carlos Alcaraz He immediately felt that his rival, the Chinese Juncheng Shang“I’m not ready for the level I’m playing at, but I focused on myself, what I planned and I did well, even though he wasn’t fit,” said the Murcian after 6-1, 6-1. , 1- 0 and withdrawal due to opponent’s injury.
On Monday, round of 16 against Serbian Miomir Kecmanovicwhich brought back two match points from the American Tommy Paul in a four-hour marathon (6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 and 6-0). A contrast to the 66 minutes the Murcian spent on the track.
“I know that he takes some matches in five sets, which can benefit me. I remember that match in Miami, in 2022. He played unbelievable, and so did I. I think it will be the same war,” he commented. Carlos Alcarazwho beat Balkan 6-7 (5), 6-3 and 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals of that tournament.
The Spanish tennis player is where he wants to be, “in my first two weeks in Australia, which I had to follow from the armchair every year ago. It feels good. I have already improved the third round of 2022, which is my best result. that’s all.”
Think big, to get ahead. “I feel very good, improving every day. I think everything is going as expected.”
What grade is he giving himself right now?: “Probably 7 or 8. High grade, but that’s how I feel,” he certified. Alcaraz, the youngest player to have made seven consecutive appearances in the round of 16 of a Grand Slam. ).
“I try not to give it importance. The records that I really want to beat are the ones Novak (Djokovic) is breaking, they are the ones I set for my career,” he said. He recalled that “I always say that you have to dream big. I’m not afraid to express what I want to achieve. There may be people who like it and people who don’t like it, I can’t please everyone either. ,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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