“We’re picking up speed and getting better sensations. Sinner, Djokovic, We are becoming more dangerous, and I include myself even though I can’t talk about a favorite for the title. “I still think there is a wide range of players who can win the tournament,” he analyzed. Carlos Alcaraz before facing the second week, the decisive one. The best in the circuit, if they overcome the trap of the early days of adaptation and filmmaking, settle down and hold their true possibilities.
AND Carlos Alcaraz feeling that it successfully achieved the goal of the three first rounds in Paris. A right arm doesn’t limit the forehand, variations in the movement of the serve add something extra to his game and he gains the rhythm and confidence that only tournaments provide. “The fight with Korda was demanding, and I hit my forehand normally. I forgot everything”, about the logical precautions after missing the tournaments in Monte Carlo and Godó, which was repeated in Madrid.
The bar has been raised, this Sunday they will face the Canadian in the round of 16 Felix Auger-Aliassime, 23 years old and number 21. There is good news before the start because Carlos Alcaraz is back in the sun, he will play no earlier than 2:00 pm Avoid the slow conditions of these days as the afternoon turns into the evening, which it’s raining and cold. He solved it before Sebastian cordabut it is better that the joints do not suffer, that the ball does not require additional force.
This represents a good opportunity for the Spaniard to balance a negative balance that reached 0-3. Alcaraz made changes in two victories against the North American in Indian Wells 2023 and 2024. At Roland Garros it will be the clay debut of its series.
“It’s a challenge, it’s very special to play these kinds of games. I’m more confident and believe in my game and what I’m doing. These are the reasons why I feel I can win, even though I know that Carlos is very difficult,” he analyzed. Auger-Aliassimewhich has been losing steam since leading Canada to victory in the 2022 Davis Cup.
The injuries didn’t help. He destroyed his work relationship Tony Nadalwhich continues in French Frederic Fontang.
“I just decided to make my team smaller. “I really like his philosophy, I absorbed what he told me,” says the player who led a Rafael Nadal champion in the fifth set in the 2022 edition, which recently reached the final in Madrid, with the fate of three of its rivals retiring due to injury, such as Jannik Sinner.
Watch the tournament through the Max platform, which broadcasts every match, as well as on the traditional Eurosport channels 1 and 2. You can also follow it on the Mundo Deportivo website, which provides up-to-the-minute information and shows the most interesting live matches.
1
Philippe Chatrier Track
11:00 a.m
Iga Swiatek (POL/1)-Anastasia Potapova (RUS)
Coco Gauff (USA/3)-Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)
(not before 2:00 pm)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN/21)-Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/3)
(not before 8:15 pm)
Corentin Moutet (FRA -Jannik Sinner (ITA/2)
2
Follow Suzanne Lenglen
11:00 a.m
Olga Danilovic (SRB)-Marketa Vondrousova (CHE/.5)
Matteo Arnaldi(ITA)-Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/9)
Clara Tauson (DIN)-Ons Jabeur (TUN/8)
(not before 5:00 pm)
Hubert Hurkacz (POL/8)-Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/10)
Source: La Verdad
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