Alcaraz transfers pressure to Sinner: “I don’t consider myself the favorite”
As usual for him when you go far away Grand Slam tournaments, Carlos Alcaraz took this Wednesday offgiven that he does not have to play the Roland Garros semi-final match against Jannik Sinner. “Vitamin H”As his team says, describe the positive effect it has on a tennis player 20 year old Spaniard tourism day, (in this case to Versailles) walks in contact with nature, with a nice dinner, if possible, at a Japanese restaurant that he loves. This Thursday will return To train with charged batteries for preparation “a great challenge, one of the greatest” What will he have to face? “Best player in the world”.
“That’s number one, right?”reply when they ask him after pass Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals, for next opponent to whom happens All pressure in a simple phrase: “I don’t consider myself a favorite.” However, Carlitos does not hide that he has “the desire to meet face to face (that’s 4-4) in favor”. “I think he’s lost three games this year and that explains the level he’s playing at, but we’re ready to give it our best shot and enjoy the game and make people enjoy it. I hope it will be a beautiful confrontation.”keep it up from El Palmar.
Changes for the better
Alcaraz believes that Sinner used to be “a little irregular and has now achieved regularity”. “The only bad thing I saw in him was the first set against Moutet. (in eighths). Otherwise their level is very high. It got a lot betterThat’s why he’s in this position and why he’s so hard to beat.”. The Murcian explains very clearly what it is like to play against Yannick. “You have to run like a marathon, from side to side. There is nothing wrong. He does everything well. The way he hits the ball is incredible and he moves really well, it puts you on the edge of the game. He is the hardest person to meet face to face, but at the same time I like to have a good time with him and look for solutions to try to defeat it”.
Holidays, like that Charlie took in Paris, serve to relieve tensionYes that nothing like this happens to you to whom This happened last year when it collapsed convulsions at a time when he was trying to surpass Novak Djokovic in the penultimate round of the French major. “Before games like this with Yannick, I’m more nervous than usual, I won’t lie. Everyone wants to see matches like this. I’ll try to give him trouble, just like before when we played. It was tense at Wimbledon, but in the end the level was very high, just like at the US Open two years ago. He always supports it.”.
The fact is that Carlitos it’s the same sweet. This Tsitsipas testifies: “His shots are deep and have a lot of spin. He takes away my strength and has patience. He does this in a very constructive way. I don’t feel that way with anyone. Against him it doesn’t matter what he does. I did everything I could to put pressure on him with all my energy. Actually, I thought I could do something different this time, but the boy is too good. He plays amazingly. I can only congratulate him and wish him all the best because every time I meet him he reminds me how much I need to improve to become a good player.”.
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