Masters 1000 Cincinnati 2024: Alcaraz: “it was the worst match of my career”

CArlos Alcaraz was decisive With himself and with the Central Court of the Cincinnati Masters 1000 After losing 4-6 7-6 6-4 to Gil Moonves in the second round. According to statistics, the Central Court of the American Championship This is faster than everything we’ve been in a season, It is expected that the US Open will be similar. This was not at all good for Alcaraz , who was not comfortable at any time and the fruit of despair He got to break the racket for the first time in his life.

“Honestly it was very complicated for me. I feel like it was the worst game I’ve played in my career. I couldn’t play. I came from a good training here in this tournament the previous days , hit the ball well and With good movement on the track”, The tennis player from El Palmar began, visibly angry. Although he managed to keep his composure in the other matches , he announced after this match that “I want to forget about this match, I couldn’t control myself.”

I felt like I was playing a different sport on the center court

Carlos Alcaraz, on track speed in Cincinnati

In addition, mursian was very critical with the excessive speed of the track, whose speed It 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 the central court compared to other stadiums. The ball was going much faster than others. I got ready before the game and it was a completely different feeling. I don’t know why I used to feel this way. I have never been able to be better, so that It was impossible to win this match, And that’s it, ” he judged.

Apart from being hard on himself, Alcaraz did not excuse barn for rain That He had to finish the match on Friday, Claiming that he is already 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, The whole transmission was, trying to get the balls And that was it. The longest point yesterday was 5 strokes , I could not gain sensations, I thought today would be something else, But it didn’t happen,” he said.

The reason for breaking his racket

Despite the painful result, Carlos did not want to do any analysis on it. “I want to forget about this match and Focus on New York. We will go soon and try to train and adapt to the slopes. I want to forget about this match Because it is impossible to get anything good from this meeting.”As they say, Clean record and new account.

There were other moments when I wanted to break it, but I managed to control myself. I want to leave the track

Carlos Alcaraz, about his broken racket

What surprised the fans the most was the sight of Alcaraz He broke a racket for the first time in his career. The Spaniard, the fruit of despair, blew Babolat to the ground with four strokes of his rackets, with Juan Carlos Ferrero who He looked serious from the bench. “There were other moments when I wanted to break it, but I managed to control myself. Today , I couldn’t do that. It was very frustrating for M. There were times when I didn’t want to be ah. I want to leave the track, ” he admitted after the match.