The first round of Alcaraz with a view to Ugo Humbert It was the bugle of the storm that was about to be unleashed. The Frenchman saw the concern on the other side of the field and shook the Spaniard in a fateful half for him. Solid on serve and aggressive on the rest, he broke serve twice at the first opportunity.
Alcaraz could not find a solution to the problems posed by Humbert in the form of cannon fire. The Murcian finished the first set with only one game won, 15 unforced errors and only four winners. All this in just over 20 minutes. It happened very quickly, like on the Parisian track, another rival of Alcaraz.
She is the fastest on the entire circuit and took the Murcian on the wrong foot. “I don’t want to say anything that sounds like an excuse. Ugo deserves the win, but, for example, Davis’ inside track was slower than this one. When I played the first match here, the stats came out that it was the fastest course on the Masters 1000 circuit. It’s crazy! I don’t know why they did it“Alcaraz cried.
The speed of the track, which changed compared to last season, as well as Humbert’s performance, caused the disconnection from Murcia who only found his version in the middle of the second set. And in doing so, the Frenchman, boosted by the public and full of confidence in his tennis, calmed Carlos’ intermittent momentum.
“We are not robots. I was able to play well indoors in Davisbut it’s a slower track than this one. It’s the fastest in the Masters 1,000 and I don’t know why they changed it from other years. “I should have come to Paris earlier to better adapt to the conditions,” he admitted.
Humbert is in the quarter-finals and Alcaraz is eliminated. The blow could resonate more if Zverev, who, like the Frenchman, passed the round, reaches the final of the tournament, since he would take second place in the ranking from the Spaniard. Further evidence of another irregular end to the Murcian season. “It’s tennis,” Carlos said.
The stands of the Palais Multiusos in Paris supported Humbert, a local tennis player, but he switched brands with Alcaraz. The hostile reception they gave him three years ago remains unforgettable.when he fell against Hugo Gaston. “A lot has happened since then. I won something here in Paris and a lot of French people support me. Today, they respected me more than before and I thank them. “It is normal that they support the Frenchman, but they applauded some of my arguments.” Alcaraz now turns his attention to the Final 8 of the Davis Cup.
