Carlos Alcaraz is back. Although he was still ill, he was victorious in his second match at the ATP Finals. In two sets he beat Andrei Rublev and will have qualification options in the final match against the German Alexander Zverev. Even he himself didn’t understand how he had regained his physique in record time.
“I was very surprised today. The way I played from the back, with the serve, I was very calm…I focused on my game and what I had to do, and I forgot that I was sick and all that. Once you enter the field, you have to forget what is making you have a bad time and concentrate on the right shots, on the right tactics”, declared the Murcian in front of the microphones of ‘Movistar’.
He emphasizes that his level of tennis has been “very high” despite the circumstances: “Despite a cold, I thought that from the back of the court against someone like Rublev who hits very hard and dominates, I would not be able to find myself -even at all.” GOOD”.
“I think that It was a very solid matchI needed it, it gave me a lot of confidence to approach the last group match, which is going to be complicated. My chances of qualifying are there, so we will fight hard,” says the Murcian, who, if he manages to recover completely, could perfectly compete for the title in Turin.
This Tuesday, he even had to cancel his training, but on Wednesday he was already feeling better: “Nobody wants to get sickto be in a bad situation in a tournament as important as this, but things are going in one direction and you have to accept them.
“It’s bad luck to have fallen ill in this tournament where I really want to do well, but as I am like this, “We will try to do our best under these circumstances.”says Carlitos, who is still very much alive to become a teacher for the first time in his career.
