Pass another pending thread Carlos Alcaraz In this Masters Cup. After he received a slap on the wrist from his coach Juan Carlos FerreroAt this stage last year, the Murcians reached this final stage of the season motivated, … The energy and tennis are through the roof. All of his first appearances in this tournament were counted as a defeat that deserved to be defeated Alex de Minaurthe first joy of strength, confidence and things to improve, and this has only just begun. The score 7-6 (5) 6-2 in an hour and 40 minutes could have been greater and in less time if the nerves and memory of the defeat in Paris had not come to the fore. This is how the protagonist assumes: “It’s a tournament I want to win one day, and do well. “I’m in good shape, happy and proud of how I got to this part of the season this year.”
It wasn’t easy, but it’s understandable that he’s 22 and has a lot to take in. He’s not a bad student, with five grand slams and three other titles, and he knows he still has room to grow. This assumes the fonts and professional requirements. This has also become better understood, which is the most important thing in this whole march towards excellence: “It’s a process, which is realizing what I particularly need off the track for motivation, and realizing that the season is very long. At the end of the year you’re tired, but this year I’ve had more time between tournaments at home, which is great to prepare myself physically and mentally and stay fresh.
The Murcian is all smiles, a fuchsia pink shirt and a first game in the bag that comforts him and brings him closer to that great goal of achieving mastery and the number 1, with only two goals remaining. “It’s always good to start a tournament with a victory. It gives you confidence that it can give you for the rest of your games. If you win it’s because you played well and the level was very high. It shows your competitors and yourself which is very positive. Here are my eight best players of the year, either play well or they’ll eat you up. He explained: “It is the first time I have won the first match, and I will continue to improve the things I did not do well and motivate myself for the upcoming matches.”
He does many things well, however, everything is easy, safe and light in a first half in which he sees himself with 4-1 and 0-40 to his advantage. After that, everything became very simple: a decrease in strength, tension and efficiency, which led to his upending in the first set against De Minaur, who took advantage of the opportunity. It presses him in exchanges, long and colourful, unlike the dizzying runs of other years that have prevented these attacks and these defences. “Alex is very good on this surface, he is a very difficult opponent because he is very fast. You have to win the point three or four times each time. It is true that the track is a little faster than in Paris, but with each training session I got used to it. The more you use the central path, the faster it becomes. Today I found it faster and more than Paris. But I like it. He stresses that it is amazing how things can change in just one week.
Besides the pitch, the balls also have an impact that looks different from their match at the Parisian Masters 1000. “Here everything goes much faster, there is no time to find the topspin and this allows the ball not to open. In Paris, the serve didn’t do as much damage, and there were longer exchanges which made it bigger. The balls are similar, but here you can do more damage due to the speed of the court.
The damage is caused by De Miñaur, who digs deep into the Murcian wound, as many as 19 fouls in this section; There is no first serve, no forehand (either at the net or off), or drop shots. But there’s a stroke of luck that changes everything. At 4-4, the ball came out low and crooked, but the ball licked the tape and dropped dead on the other side of the net. The Australian is still there, but he errs, as is his wont, too much innocence at key points, too soft with his hand and head against the Mursans who are the exact opposite. With 3-5 and serve in the tiebreak, one shudders and the other comes out completely: a forehand, finally, a volley, finally, and an opponent’s error, of course. First group.
The show, the setback, and “Go for it.”
Although the ‘breaks’ were exchanged at the start of the second act, Alcaraz from the best of the afternoon emerges (32 winners) which is still improving. Faced with doubts about his forehand, he used a non-resumable backhand, which he had been conscientiously working on for some months, especially the parallel, with which he humiliated the Australian with precise and ruthless effectiveness. “I’ve felt that way for a while. This is something we focused a lot on in training. It’s a very important hit, both in Paris (I tried it but it didn’t work), and in training. Even though he didn’t come out, when she insisted on something he came out. There is no better feeling than when plans go well. He added: “We played very well, we played very well, and above all, in the important moments, I dared to go forward.”
As in the tiebreak, as in the second set.
Through the show, he clings to the serve that raises the numbers (up to 67% effectiveness), the score, his technique, and that confidence that leads him to the tennis he loves, colorful, fun, with smiles and applause from the stands, 13,000 seats full, who join the “show”. Alcaraz, without brakes, puts his finger to his ear to celebrate being here, having learned his lesson, eager to obtain this coveted prize: to be the teacher and the number 1. Of the three steps he needs, he has already taken one, the first, the hardest.
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