SA Carlos Alcaraz Losing him was painful Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, he didn’t understand where his tennis was when he gave up Nicholas Jarry in the semifinals of Buenos Aires. In Rio it took a few minutes before Thiago Monteirovictim of an ankle injury after a bad slip.
Nothing to do with what was suffered against the Bulgarians Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals of the Miami Masters 1000 ATP. The recent Masters 1000 ATP champion in Indian Wells, 22 years old and world No. 2, unbeaten in nine matches, was rocked by a popular 32-year-old veteran and world No. 12.
Alcaraz He always talks about himself and his team. He became unhinged for moments. He saw a reaction with 1-4 in the second set, leveling at 4-4, but fell 6-2 and 6-4 against a very inspired, brilliant opponent.
The Spaniard did not bite his tongue when explaining what happened on the track, acknowledging the torture suffered at the hands of Dimitrov. “I think he played almost perfect, if not perfect at all. I couldn’t find solutions, make him uncomfortable,” he analyzed. Alcaraz.
He even moved away from the sensations experienced. “I think I played good tennis. Not perfect but good. There were a lot of frustrations, it made me feel like I was 13 years old. It’s crazy. I was talking to my team that I don’t know what I have. to do, what their weakness is.” I don’t know. That’s why I’m frustrated now.”
I lost to Dimitrov in Shanghaiin October, “so I knew I had to change something about that game, even though I didn’t play there, I made a lot of mistakes. The problem was that I couldn’t find solutions against someone I would give a 10 or a 9.9 to . Although, definitely “Next time I’ll try different things. Although at that level it’s hard to play against him.”
There is no time for regrets, “because the season has just started. I need a few days to see everything, but you can’t stop. Looking forward to continue to enjoy training, for the next tournament to come,” said Alcaraz. . .
Next station, the European clay, either from Monte Carlo (April 7 to 14) or by going directly to Gothic (April 13 to 21).
Source: La Verdad
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