Carlos Alcaraz showed all his qualities on the tennis courts, defeating Taylor Fritz at the ATP Finals. The Spanish tennis player knew that he was in for a tough challenge, facing a top player. However, he emerged victorious in a tough match, defeating Fritz with a score of 6-7, 7-5, 6-3. Carlos Alcaraz thus achieved his second victory after his triumph over Alex De Minaur.
The Spanish tennis player's desire is to finish the season as world number 1 and try to stay at the top next year.
After the match, Alcaraz emphasized in an interview with Tennis Channel that he struggled mentally. The first set was a special challenge and Alcaraz admits that he did not feel well, especially on the return.
His opponent's serves were really good, and Alcaraz did not have the right answer.
However, the second set was an opportunity to adapt and show his characteristic game. The Spanish tennis player ran more, had extra energy and managed to play quality tennis.
Challenge
The 23-year-old ultimately spoke openly about the challenge of a player like Taylor Fritz, aware that if he loses focus, he will have an extremely difficult task ahead of him.
“Before the match, you have to do your best. You’re playing against the best tennis in the world. They usually don’t let you stay in the match or come back if you lose focus even a little bit. That means it doesn’t matter if it’s two hours or three hours—you have to be really focused on every point. It’s really difficult to play against the top, so you’ve got to be focused from the very beginning.”- he said, as quoted by Tennis Up To Date.
The young tennis player hopes to be just as dominant in the upcoming matches, and tomorrow he has an important challenge waiting for him – a match against Lorenzo Musetti.
