Carlos Alcaraz says goodbye to the Miami public after his defeat against Dimitrov Geoff Burke | REUTERS
The Spanish tennis player admitted to being frustrated by the elimination and admits that his rival made him feel like he was 13 years old.
29 mar 2024 . Updated at 7:46 a.m.
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcarazcedi (6-2, 6-4) against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov this Thursday in quarterfinals of the Miami tournamentsecond Masters 1,000 of the season, an unexpected and forceful goodbye from the recent Indian Wells champion.
The Murcian said goodbye to the Sunshine Double in Florida, after winning two Sundays ago in California, on the verge of repeating last year’s semifinal. Dimitrov, a former world number three and Master in 2017, entered bravely and removed unAlcaraz from the gamewho had advanced without opposition in Miami.
The Bulgarian commanded from the beginning and remained calm when the Spaniard made a comeback. The match started evenly, butAlcarazno took advantage of four balls of break and found himself 4-1 down. Dimitrov went up to the net and cut the rhythm of the Murcian, unable to change the inertia with no margin (6-2).
The number two in the world varied as much as he could and the match became calm, until the Bulgarian struck again first with a break in the fourth game, ace up another 4-1. Then the tennis player who won in Indian Wells appeared, who once again intimidated in his thirst for titles and to return to the top of the rankings.
Alcarazinici which pointed to a Pica comeback, but he stayed at 4-4. Dimitrov did not back down any further and, at 5-4 and the rest, went on the attack to claim the prize upon his return to the highest level last year. The Bulgarian will face the German Alexander Zverev in the semifinals and the Spaniard fell with his executioner in Shanghai last year, as a reminder that there are many rivals to be the best.
In that sense, the one from El Palmar sees stopped his attempt to catch Serbian Novak Djokovic at number one in the world and could lose number two if the Italian Jannik Sinner, who will play the other semifinal against the Russian Daniil Medvedev, wins the Miami tournament.
Dimitrov made me feel like I was 13 years old
The Spanish CarlosAlcarazI admitted this Thursday that feel frustrated by elimination suffered against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open and that his rival made me feel like I was thirteen due to the inability to find solutions to contain it.
I think I played good tennis, I left the court thinking that maybe I should have changed my game a little earlier, but I think I played well, not perfect, but goodopinAlcarazin the press conference after the match lost 6-2 and 6-4 against Dimitrov.
But I feel a lot of frustration now, because it made me feel like I was 13 years old. It was crazy, I was talking to my team and saying I don’t know what to do, I don’t know their weakness, I don’t know anything. That’s why I have frustration nowbut at the tennis level, I left the court happy with my tennis, he concluded.
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2024-03-29 06:46:00
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