An aspect that perplexed many present and fans, even opening some small controversy. The 10-minute interruption before the start of the third set in the match between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz certainly did not go unnoticed.
The Spaniard requested the exit (allowed by the regulations) to leave the field for a moment, but the game stalled for some time. It seems that the long walk of the tennis player to the locker room and back inside the Hard Rock Stadium influenced the break.
The legitimate action, often discussed in recent months for having been used as a tactical weapon to interrupt the opponent’s positive momentum, was commented on and somewhat clarified by the 19-year-old tennis player in an interview with Bptennistv: “I didn’t go to the bathroom to break the rhythm of the game.
I was just very sweaty, I would touch any part of what I was wearing and my hands would sweat. I just went to change.” The world number one until Sunday (the first place in the ATP ranking will once again go to Novak Djokovic) revealed then: “With a game that requires so much on a physical level, if you go to the bathroom for four minutes it’s hard to resume.
In the end that cost me a bit”, he said. On the defeat, he added: “In any case, there were many factors that did not go well for me. But after a confrontation like this, in the end the pains and cramps begin.
All I can say is that Jannik was better than me and that’s the reality, I didn’t lose due to discomfort at the beginning of the third set. I congratulate him and wish him the best.”
Next commitments of Alcaraz
Alcaraz will now focus on the part of the season on clay, in which he will try to confirm the results of 2022 to recover number one and go on the hunt for more titles.
Monte-Carlo will be the first stop for the Murcian, who will first have to recharge after the two Masters 1000 in the United States. In his four tournaments played now (Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Indian Wells and Miami), Carlos Alcaraz won two titles, played a final and a semifinal on his first tour of the year, managing to return to world number one and increase his tally. of trophies. Photo credit: Instagram Carlos Alcaraz.
