The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, After confirming Spain’s qualification for the Final Eight of the Davis Cup with his victory over Ugo Humbert, he assured that “after the American tour I need a match and a week like this, with the love of my teammates, the federation and the “The public is incredible.”
“We are now classified, which was the team’s goal, I am very happy because we have had a great performance during the week. “I need this ‘feeling’ because I haven’t been playing good tennis lately and I showed a good level,” he said at a press conference.
Alcaraz emphasized that “there are moments when I smile because I force myself to smile even though I don’t feel it, sometimes it works and I change the dynamic, and sometimes it doesn’t. At the US Open I tried to smile, but it didn’t click. This week served me mentally and tennis-wise, I realized a lot of things.”
Regarding the series against Australia, which is also classified, on Sunday, Alcaraz expressed that “for me the objective was to qualify, it may be better to be first than second, but with the team we have, I don’t care about finishing first instead of second in the group.
“Other countries should be afraid of us, maybe on Sunday the players who don’t have the option to play can come in and show why they are in the Spanish team,” he noted about whether or not he will play against the Australians, who he added that it was captain David Ferrer’s decision.
Furthermore, Alcaraz emphasized that “it was a good week, the games we played were incredible with two very intense eliminatory rounds and a very good feeling in the games, but above all a good feeling outside of the court.”
“We have a very complete team, on training days we train at a high level of tennis and we get along great, it makes the atmosphere incredible, we motivate each other. I hope we play more often at home. Valencia is a very beautiful, amazing city that deserves to have an ATP tournament again,” he said.
The Murcian tennis player also emphasized the pleasure of playing doubles with the world number one, Marcel Granollers. “Play it Rafa NadaAt Roland Garros (in Paris 2024) it was an unforgettable moment, a dream come true to be on the same side of the net as your idol. He plays doubles very well, but in terms of doubles playing with Marcel is another level, it’s very simple. On the net it covers a lot and gives you the peace of mind needed on the court.”
Finally, about the game of Roberto Bautista He said that “he is a great fighter, he showed it today and on many occasions. To beat him you have to have incredible mental strength and an incredible level of play until the end.” He has been running for three hours against Arthur Fils, who has an incredible physique and level.”
Source: La Verdad
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