Carlos Alcaraz said he didn’t lose because of his hamstring issue.
He said: ‘I could run well.. I could go to the balls well… The loss is because he deserved it’
He was asked: “Towards the end of the first set you took a medical timeout. What was that injury? How much did that affect you for the rest of the match?”
Carlos: “Well, I mean, I felt something the hamstring after trying to catch one serve. I could say didn’t affect me too much, to be honest, because I could run well, I could go to the balls well. Obviously, the thoughts about how is going to be if I do crazy things that I’m used to doing, how it’s going to be, those thoughts were in my mind sometimes. But I could play well.
“Don’t get me wrong, because I’m not going to say I could play better or I could do something better if my hamstring were well. I could play a really good tennis with it. The loss is because he deserved it.”
He was also asked: “Related to the injury, you started to have a different game plan after that, getting more aggressive, comings more to the net. Is it something that you were prepared for? And are you going to play Davis Cup or not?”
Carlos: “Well, I didn’t change the plan because of the injury. I change it because I felt that I had to do something else. I’m trying to be as aggressive as I can on court every match, but especially I think even more against Jannik. Every time that I can, just trying to go forward.
It works, to be honest, because I was a break up. I was serving well. That game I think was 3-2, I don’t remember actually, but in the middle of the second set, I was up in the game. Few mistakes that I didn’t have to do it, to be honest.
“In general, I think it was a great plan that I did today.
That’s why I’m really happy with the level and the performance that I did today, because I think I did not too many things wrong, which is great.
But yeah, the Davis Cup, yeah, I’m heading off to Bologna tomorrow.”
(via Turin Press)
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