Alcaraz’s Frustration Evident in Tough Match Against Dimitrov

Alcaraz during his match against Dimitrov (Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports).

“Crusade, dammit; “How useless I am!” Carlitos complained after missing a parallel drive, also annoyed by the thickness of the balls due to the humidity. “They go without weight.” The last straw was that Dimitrov scored the first set with a reverse reverse that the Murcian did not see coming. “Cheer up!” “Shoot him high, shoot him high!” Ferrero insists from the corner, but this time Carlitos’ reaction is late and insufficient. By the time it occurs, he is already blinded. Like most of the game. Dimitrov scores an unlikely point again and Alcaraz makes an unforced error on the next point. There, the Murcian explodes with himself. “I can’t do that shit. Can’t. I have to focus once and for all…” he exclaimed, visibly frustrated.

It was not the only time Alcaraz lost his temper. In the first set he let out another outburst after throwing a forehand into the doubles alley. Dimitrov had slipped into his mind. In Alcaraz’s game there was nothing redeemable, neither the service, nor his forehand, much less the rest of him. Overwhelmed by the high speed of the court and the weight of the balls – different from those of the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells – he soon became immersed in a sea of ​​doubts and was unable to emerge. Alcaraz vanished. The world number two, immersed in a dream March after his title in Indian Wells and his brilliant start in Miami, hesitated and the doubts devoured him.

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“I can’t continue with this shit, I can’t continue doing this,” he denies after losing a point that began with good judgment but won by the Bulgarian. The frustration is such that he even misses a slight kick on the ball before serving. However, once the match is over, Alcaraz expresses his feelings on the court in detail. “I think I played good tennis. Not perfect but good. There were a lot of frustrations, it made me feel like I was 13 years old. It was crazy. I was talking to my team saying I don’t know what I have to do, what their weakness is. I did not know anything. That’s why I feel frustrated right now.”

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Except for the match against Dimitrov, to forget, Alcaraz has had an excellent March with the achievement of his second Indian Wells and the reunion with his tennis. On the court you can see a much more solid, focused and complete player than the version with which he said goodbye the previous year. And, thus, his tennis has flowed again with the arrival of spring. After a few months of doubts with his game, Alcaraz seems very comfortable on the court again.

“I don’t know if this is the best tennis I’m playing, but it’s the best feeling. I’m feeling great on the court, I’m moving very well. I think they are the best feelings since summer. The Indian Wells title was very important for me personally. Thanks to that tournament, I began to feel better off the court as well, on the court it was already obvious. I feel joy every day with my team, with my close people”

Carlitos will begin preparing for the clay court tour when he digests this defeat, his fourth of the year. He does so with the good taste in his mouth of having retained the crown in Indian Wells and having rediscovered himself after a phase of doubts. Although with 160 points less in the ranking, because in Florida he was defending the 2023 semifinals. And if Sinner took the trophy on Sunday, he would take away the number two ranking. Miami, where he has felt like “a 13-year-old kid” in the hands of Dimitrov, is already in the past.

2024-03-29 13:45:00
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