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CArlos Alcaraz was critical with himself and with the center court of the Cincinnati Masters 1000 after his 4-6 7-6 6-4 defeat to Gel Monfils in the second round. According to statistics, the centre court of the American tournament It is the fastest of all that we have had this season, and the US Open is expected to be similar. This did not sit well with Alcaraz, who did not feel comfortable at any time and was a result of desperation he managed to break the racket for the first time in his life.
“Honestly, it was very difficult for me. I feel like it was the worst match I’ve played in my career. I haven’t been able to play. I’m coming from good training here in this tournament in the previous days, hitting the ball well and with good movement on the track”began by saying the tennis player from El Palmar, visibly angry. Although he had managed to maintain his composure in other matches, after this match he declared that “I want to forget about this match, I couldn’t control myself.”
I felt like I was playing a different sport on Centre Court
Carlos Alcaraz on the speed of the track in Cincinnati
In addition, the Murcian was very critical of the excessive speed of the track, whose speed has increased by 8 points compared to last year, from 34.6 to 42.5. “I felt like I was playing a different sport on Centre Court compared to the other courts.”The ball was going much faster than in the others. I warmed up before the game and it was a completely different feeling. I don’t know why I felt this way. I haven’t been able to be better, so This match was impossible to win, and that’s all,” he said.
Apart from being hard on himself, Alcaraz did not use the rain stoppage as an excuse that forced the match to end on Fridayclaiming that he had already been playing badly. “The only thing I was worried about was recovering well to be ready. I didn’t play well yesterday either, we didn’t play any exchanges, It was all about serving, trying to get balls inside. and that was it. The longest point yesterday was 5 strokes, I couldn’t get a feel for it, I thought today would be something else, but it has not happened,” he said.
Alcaraz was so angry that he broke his racket!
The reason for his racket breakage
Despite the painful result, Carlos did not want to make any analysis about it. “I want to forget about this match and focus on New YorkWe will go soon and try to train and adapt to the tracks. I want to forget about this game because it is impossible to get anything good out of this meeting.” As they say, wipe the slate clean.
There have been other times where I wanted to break it, but I was able to control myself. I wanted to leave the track.
Carlos Alcaraz, on his broken racket
What surprised the fans the most was seeing Alcaraz breaking a racket for the first time in his career. The Spaniard, out of desperation, smashed his Babolat racket against the ground with four blows, with Juan Carlos Ferrero He looked serious from the bench“There have been other times where I wanted to break it, but I was able to control myself. Today, I couldn’t do it. It was very frustrating for me. There were times when I didn’t want to be there. “I wanted to leave the court,” he admitted after the match.
