Although Carlos Alcaraz aiming, one day, to live up to the great achievements of Big-3an exclusive group consisting of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovicthe Murcian keeps his feet on the ground and his head fully aware of everything he needs to achieve this.
“I don’t consider myself a star, just a very good player,” said the player from Palmar this Thursday (early Friday morning in the peninsula) after his debut in IEB+ Argentina Open in the clay of Buenos Aires. “I know how to deal with certain moments, and despite being only 20 years old I have already experienced situations that have helped me face certain games. I have a little experience. But I am not a crack,” he reiterated.
“I consider Djokovic, Rafa and Federer, and a few others out there, to be Crack. To be a crack you have to be very good at everything. And I still have a lot to improve. I have achieved great things, but I still have a long way to go to fulfill that promise,” added Carlos.
Anyone with his track record can consider themselves well served. After all, at 20 years old he became ATP World Number One (currently No. 2) and two-time Grand Slam champion (USA Open and Wimbledon). This is not the case with Alcaraz.
“I am a boy who tries not to stumble on the same stone twice, who tries to improve,” Alcaraz highlighted. “There are many difficult moments, many ups and downs, and you can stumble again, but we try not to let that happen. “I try to improve every day in every training session and in every game, try to be a little bit older, more mature, and learn from those moments,” he said.
If it’s about improvement, that will be his mission after his demanding debut at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires against Camilo Ugo Carabelli. “There are a lot of things I need to do better for the next game,” he said. Although he won both sets, the Argentine was up twice in the first set, and once in the second. In addition, he saved one match point at 3-5 and another at 4-5, and had a 0/40 advantage remaining at 5-5.
The world No. 134 was very close to forcing a third, but Alcaraz did not allow it and was able to sign his 160th victory on the ATP Tour. “The idea is not to stop at this number. It’s a good number, but I’m thinking about two hundred,” the 20-year-old right-hander explained with a big smile. Now with a 5-0 record in Buenos Aires (he will be champion in 2023), Alcaraz will face Italian Andrea Vavassori for a place in the semi-finals.
Alcaraz concluded the press conference by pointing out that “I look good physically and mentally and with good tennis to have a good dirt tour.”
Source: La Verdad
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