Written by Richard Pagliaro | @Itenisi_Manje | Saturday, October 5, 2024
Photograph credit score: Shi Tang/Getty
Stumbling upon the disappointing season of the American summer time courtroom, Carlos Alcaraz flying excessive in China this fall.
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Beijing champion Alcaraz swept the gifted Chinese language Juncheng Shang 6-3, 6-2 in his Rolex Shanghai Masters debut.
It was Alcaraz’s tenth consecutive victory.
Having suffered a shock loss to Olympic gold medalist Novak Djokovic in Paris, Alcaraz was upset by Gael Monfils in his Cincinnati opener earlier than bowing out to Botic van de Zandschulp in a shock second-round match on the US Open.
Since then, Alcaraz has gained 19 of 21 units in his 10-match profitable streak.
“I feel I really feel good on the courtroom, bodily I really feel good,” Alcaraz advised the media in Shanghai. “For me, with my tennis, it is essential to really feel that manner. I hit the ball actually, rather well, so I attempt to be the identical manner in matches.”
The reigning Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion attributes his downfall to 2 easy causes: He feels good in his physique and reconnects with the enjoyment of enjoying.
“I am a man who tries to maintain good issues. For instance, within the American swing, it did not go as I anticipated, so I had extra time to organize properly for this a part of the season,” stated Alcaraz. “I have been working actually laborious for some weeks, I am doing a extremely good job on the sector, simply to be ok with coming to this match.
“I feel that is the distinction, that is why I am exhibiting excellent tennis, as a result of bodily I really feel completely happy and, you recognize, I am simply attempting to be completely happy and luxuriate in my time on the courtroom, I am enjoying good factors, enjoying good rallies, and the way in which I am hitting the ball is sweet recently.”
