Carlos Alcaraz Introspects on Major Shortcomings as Bad Spell of Form Continues to Haunt Him

Carlos Alcaraz has nothing to prove, but everything to improve. The world number 2 is currently going through a tough phase of his career. He hasn’t won a title since his Wimbledon triumph last year. Recently, Alcaraz got knocked out of the Argentina Open at the hands of the Chilean- Nicolas Jarry. Shortly after his shocking defeat to world number 21, Alcaraz came to the post-match press conference and spoke about the rising expectations that surround him in every tournament. He also revealed the key areas of improvement.

It took Jarry almost 2 hours to defeat Alcaraz by 7-6(2),6-3 at the Court Guillermo Vilas and book his place for the finals on Monday. This was the Chilean’s first victory over the Spaniard. Nicolas Jarry has now won 4 of his last 7 matches against the Top 5 players. How did Alcaraz react after the match?

‘I always try to think about the positive’ – Carlos Alcaraz

This defeat marked Alcaraz’s 9th consecutive exit from a tournament without a trophy and fourth loss on clay in 31 matches since the start of 2022. After the match, he added, “It’s a difficult defeat, it hurt me a lot. I felt good physically and it’s important, and I think that with work I will get better… but having opportunities is difficult“

Carlos Alzaraz added, “There is great expectation in me and in the tournaments where I go. People think that I have to win every match and in the end this is tennis, there are many players who have a high level. Right now I see that those who are up there, in certain moments, are the ones that make the difference and that is where I have to improve.”

Acknowledging the delay in his progress, the Spaniard continued, “It is a subject that I have been pending for quite some time, in trying to take advantage of certain moments, on break balls and on balls against are moments that I have to handle in a better way.”

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Alcaraz further went on to say, “I try to think about my path and what I have to improve. But I always try to think about the positive and in the next training sessions practice it so that it doesn’t happen again.”

His recent performances have drawn in several comments from the tennis world. Renowned American tennis commentator, Chris Brown feels Alcaraz might have seen the summit a little too early.

Chris Brown says he’s very ‘excited’ about Alcaraz despite his recent horrific run at the Tour

Brown came to the Tennis Channel Inside-In podcast and shed light on the 20YO world number two’s current run. He said, “I would say, the person I’m most excited about now is Carlos Alcaraz. And I say that it’s easy to say that now because his trajectory is certainly on the down at the moment. He may well come up, win Roland Garros this year.”

He further went on to add, “But, he’s slightly at the down, doesn’t seem to play too much, partly because he got to the top artificially early.” Chris Brown believes “Alcaraz was slightly thrust into the limelight a little too early.” Next up for the Spaniard is the ATP 500 event in Rio de Janeiro. Can he make a comeback at the Rio Open?

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