Carlos Alcaraz pointing to Mutua Madrid opens from where he won the last two editions. Due to the uncertainty caused by the state of his right arm that kept him from 1,000 Masters in Monte Carlo and Barcelona, “Three or four games.”
“There are still days before my first fight. I have been training with more intensity and things went well, with good feelings. I don’t want to rush, I don’t want to mess with myself and say I will play one hundred percent and I will win, because I don’t know yet and I don’t know. willing to accept anything. But right now, with what I’m feeling right now and the mentality I have, I can play three or four games normally,” highlighted the world number three.
The Murcian player faces his fourth appearance at the Madrid Masters 1,000. He was initially eliminated in the second round by Rafael Nadal on his senior day. In the next two he emerged as the champion. Now, injured in the arm, he intends to enjoy the event. You do not need to undergo further tests. It is a matter of sensations.
“There is no test. But I don’t want to give 100% done because it happened in Barcelona. I left Monte Carlo and said I was going to Barcelona and when I got there I couldn’t take it anymore and was doubly sick. Now I don’t want to take anything for granted but if the feelings continue like this I will probably take to the track,” he insisted.
An ailment in his arm kept him out of the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000 and also the Conde de Godó, where he had to defend the title. He tried to play but quit at the last minute.
“It hurts me not to be in the competition. I want to compete. And being at home is a difficult feeling for me and also if I skip Monte Carlo and Barcelona, it hurts me not to be there. But I’m someone who tries to bring out the positive trying to turn things around and from the first day I knew I wasn’t going to Barcelona I started to heal again to see if I could be here. I really want to return to the court, to play an official match after Miami and with great enthusiasmCarlos Alcaraz said.
The current champion in Madrid is not used to stopping due to injuries. However, try to be positive.
“This moment is one of the hardest I’ve ever experienced. I don’t have serious injuries or many injuries but this moment was difficult for me. But I’m a boy who tries to turn things around, always looking for the positive and always doing what he has to do all the time. Here, with the loss of Barcelona, is has days that I can focus on recovery. I never lost focus on doing the things I had to do and was always positive. I can’t play tennis but physically and everything else I will be back,” he said.
Record and final with Nadal
No one has won three consecutive Madrid Masters 1,000 titles. Only Nadal, a five-time winner, has retained the crown. It was in 2013 and 2014. Alcaraz, later, won the trophy in 2022 and 2023. If he achieves this new feat, only the Murcian will have this record. However, he did not consider it.
“In the end these are things I see, but I prefer to ignore them although they remain in my mind, these are great things that I can do and to see my name out there and to be the first to achieve it is special. “I prefer not to pay attention to it and continue day by day,” said the world number three.
Alcaraz has faced Rafael Nadal in two of his three appearances in Madrid. He lost for the first time, in his debut. But he won the next one, in 2022, the last one played by the Spaniard, who returned to Madrid clay in this edition. However, they will only meet in the final final.
“In the end, we can think about many things. The final here in Madrid with Rafa will be a great thing. Hope it happens. But in the end, tennis is complicated, every day you will feel something, every match is different, you can’t take it for granted or anything for granted. He will fight every game because he wants to get to the final and for me too. “I will fight in every game, try to be at my 100%, play at a high level,” he said.
Carlos Alcaraz has emphasized his admiration for Rafa Nadal who will compete at the Mutua Madrid Open for the last time. He will join the winner of twenty-two Grand Slams in the Laver Cup after the presence of two in the European team was made public.
“Rafa, with everything he has achieved, with the legacy he has left, he is still fighting for it, Personally, I would love to see him back on the track, watching him compete. “He is someone I admire and I try to see every time he goes out on the court,” he commented.
“It’s special, it’s great to share the Laver Cup with Rafa, someone who can guide me and help me how to manage that moment. It’s going to be my first Laver Cup, I don’t know what’s going on or anything and having someone like Rafa to lean on in that tournament is great. “If I play individually, having him there is going to be something very big,” said Alcaraz.
The Murcian player is not considered a favorite in Madrid. He is leaning against Norwegian Casper Ruud and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who played in the finals in Barcelona and Monte Carlo. But don’t forget the Italian Jannik Sinner, the tennis player with the most victories of the season and currently number two in the ATP rankings.
“Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas are in a very good moment, in shape, final in Monte Carlo and Barcelona at a high level, with confidence. That’s the most important thing for me in tennis but Sinner is also there at a very high level. And more so here in Madrid at the height we don’t usually play at that height and you have to be able to adapt. Between the two of them and Sinner they were the players to beat to the groundhe commented.
Source: La Verdad
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