Carlos Alcaraz starts with a win the ATP Masters 1000 in Toronto. The Spanish tennis player is the most eagerly awaited man in the Canadian tournament, especially after his recent victory at Wimbledon, and now he’s starting to overtake his great rival Novak Djokovic in the rankings, who was absent for this occasion.In the first round, Carlos suffered but settled the young Ben Shelton in straight sets, defeated with the result of 6-3 7-6.
At the end of the match Carlos talked about the match in the press conference.He explained: “It was a really good debut. I honestly enjoyed this first game here and it felt like I’ve been playing for years, really many years.
He was crazy and hopes things won’t change going forward in the tournament.
Shelton? He’s a really nice tennis player, he hits the ball hard and I don’t remember anyone hitting the ball like that.
He serves very strong and I almost broke the ropes to answer him, I’m sure he will stay in the upper floors for a long time and we will play many challenges together.
He is very aggressive, he comes to the net and he didn’t let me play his game, he often decided how the rally was going to end. Honestly, it’s not nice to face such an opponent at the start, I was struggling to find my game and my rhythm and perhaps I preferred a hitter, someone who hit with long rallies, this allowed you to enter the match more.
The reality is that every match is really different, you have to adapt to the opponent’s game.”
Alcaraz on the love of the crowd for him
Many have praised Carlos and in Canada there are so many fans of Spanish. Alcaraz also talked about this in the conference and declared: “Every day I go into the locker room I read all the messages, it’s fantastic to see the love they have for me.
The meeting with Maria Sharapova? I looked at her and she was a very good tennis player, one of the best. I caught her before getting on the elevator and I was pleased to meet her. So many people at the field for me? It’s great to see that you can bring so many people closer to tennis, that’s great.”
