Tomas Macchac lived one of the best days of his career this Thursday. The Czech defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters 1,000, thus gaining “revenge” after his defeat just a month ago against the Murcian in the Davis Cup, a match in which he had to withdraw due to injury.
“He was looking for revenge, no doubt“, indicated in a press conference the current 33rd ranked player in the ATP ranking, pointing out that against a rival like Alcaraz the only thing to do is to play at the highest level and control your nerves.
“It’s impossible not to be a little nervous about this game and the opponent like that. But I’m happy, I’m trying to learn in each game what I’m doing right and what I’m doing wrong. I learned from the Davis Cup match, I also played at a good level there“added the Czech, who responded to Alcaraz’s congratulations on Instagram.
“thank you Sorry for my level now” his words.
After the match, which ended 7-6 (5) and 7-5 in favor of the Czech, Alcaraz praised his executioner, ensuring that “I felt like I was playing in a ‘top 5′” on the circuit.
“From the first game, his level is very high. The speed of his balls is incredible. I feel really good on the court. “I felt like I was hitting the ball well, moving well, but the truth is that the point came that I didn’t know what to do anymore,” he explained.
“He pushed me to the limit the whole time. The pressure he put on me was the key to the game“added Murcian, who was unable to repeat in the semifinals the confrontation against the best tennis player of the moment, the Italian Jannik Sinner, whom he had recently defeated in the final of the Beijing Open.
Machac, who also achieved success in Geneva against another ‘great’ like Novak Djokovic, Sinner will face off in the semifinals, winner of the only match they played, in the quarterfinals of this year’s Miami Masters.
Source: La Verdad
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