MADRID, 7 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz made it clear that he is going to the Indian Wells tournament (United States), the first Masters 1,000 of the season, to “defend” the title he won last year, but that it will be “difficult” because of the rivals he will face. have in front of them and with “some of them playing great tennis.
“I come here to defend the title. It is difficult because there are the best tennis players in the world, some of them are playing great tennis this year. I know it is going to be very difficult, but I am here to try to defend the title,” Alcaraz stressed in statements at a press conference collected by the ATP website.
The Murcian assured that he has felt “good in training.” “Some people are probably thinking about my ankle, let’s see if I’m going to be 100 percent or not, but I feel better. So let’s see how the tournament goes, I’m not thinking about anything other than trying to defend the title here” , he reiterated.
Regarding his attitude on the field, the one from El Palmar indicated that “most of the time” he is focused on himself and his team. “I try to smile all the time, making jokes off the court. That makes me be myself,” Alcaraz confessed that he assured that he loves “playing” this tournament.