The Spaniard, at the debut in Cincinnati against Damir Dzumhur, won in three sets without shining, indeed. And shortly after the end of the match he returned to the field to try again “and feel better”
Carlos Alcaraz cannot be satisfied with his performance in the debut in Cincinnati’s ATP 1000. Above all, seen what his great rival did, Jannik Sinner, the day before, with the blue who literally destroyed the Colombian Galan. The Spaniard also won, against Damir Dzumhur, but in three sets and struggling a lot. Alcaraz is aware of this and the microphones of Tennis Channel has not hidden: “I have to improve, and a lot -said the Iberian champion -. It is not the level I would like. I started very well, I felt the ball, but then I distracted myself here and there, and from that moment it became all complicated. For the next game I want to feel better”. So here Carlitos took the field to train immediately after the match. “I just wanted to hit a few balls to get rid of all the negative sensations that I could have tried during the game,” he said. “I just wanted to feel better and think and that my tennis was there. I wanted to do a lot of repetitions on this.”
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For Alcaraz, the ghosts of 2024 had appeared at a certain point, when precisely in Cincinnati he lost badly against Monfils on his debut. Different times, after the Olympic blow in the final against Djokovic, but the sensations still are still not good. “I simply have to continue doing the things I am doing even when the game is not going well, because sooner or later the direction will be the right one -Alcaraz said, -I tried to do this, I made many mistakes but in the end I won. My goals for this tournament do not change”. The number two of the world then spoke of his game: “I want to be very aggressive, it is what I am trying to do, but this obviously also involves many mistakes if I do not stay concentrated -says Alcaraz -. In Cincinnati the fields are very fast, if you attack well, making the point immediately is easier. I hope to succeed”.
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