Even if he has regained his best physical but especially mental level, the loss of the roles he had continues. Carlos Alcaraz in Cincinnati last August.
Then, faced with a Gaël Monfils imperial, the Murcian reached such a point of despair that he He smashed his racket against the ground in an image that had never been seen in him before.
From now on, the two will meet in the round of 16 of the Shanghai ATPbut the Frenchman assumes that the future will be very different.
In fact, he believes he has little chance of winning: “No, no. I think he will beat me. It will crush me, 100%. I think I got lucky last time. “It wasn’t a good match for him and I had a good one.”
“I’m going to try to do everything I can to make sure it doesn’t crush me so easily.. This does not mean that I will not go to court with the right attitude, because I already have experience, but from experience I tell you that this boy is a different story,” he added .
“Honestly, there’s going to be a 99% chance for him. That 1% is what you’re looking for. I’m going to take advantage of it, but as a real man, I’m telling you: this boy is something else“, he settled.
