“Holy shit!” Nick Kyrgios can’t believe it the defeat of Carlos Alcaraz before Botic Van de Zandschulp, and thus expressed his surprise on social networks.
The Australian, who works as a commentator at the New York Grand Slam, showed it on Tuesday He has a good relationship with the Murcian in his interview after the first round fight.
A closeness that he confirmed in an interview where he revealed that they regularly exchange messages with Alcaraz. The former Wimbledon finalist He explained that he was poking fun at the Spanish tennis player by telling him that he “doesn’t have to go out and feel obligated to put on a show, that people come just to see those arms on the shirt.”
The Murcian, 21 years old, is very critical of himself, because he sees him as “a step behind” compared to what he built at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, where he recently became champion. “The truth is, that’s what I feel now Instead of taking steps forward, I took steps back in my head.. And I don’t understand why,” he lamented.
“I came from a fantastic summer, from Roland Garros, from Wimbledon, left there saying that mentally there was a step forward, that I realized that to win great things you have to be stubborn. I came to this tour and it was like taking steps back: like I’m not good at thinking, I’m not strong, when faced with problems I don’t know how to control myself, I don’t know how to manage it. And that for me, the truth is, is a problem,” he commented strongly.
It signaled that he broke a racket in the Cincinnati tournament, with four sharp hits on the ground. With so much frustration, the head didn’t help at the US Open either. He doesn’t believe in going back. “It was a battle against myself in my mind the whole match. In tennis you play against someone who wants the same thing as you. To win. You have to be as calm as possible to think better about the match and try to do Good things. Today I played against the opponent and against myself mentally can’t if I want to think about important things, I have to learn about it,” he insisted on the matter of mind .
He falls into a more difficult period because of the Paris Olympic Games. “I’ve been playing a lot these past few days. Including Roland Garros, Wimbledon, the Olympic Games. I took a little break after the Olympics. I thought it was enough, but it wasn’t. I came here not as strong as I thought I would be, but I didn’t want to use the calendar as an excuse. Whether I’m a player who needs more or less rest days before big tournaments is something I have to think about. Learn from it all.”
Source: La Verdad
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