‘I Fought Until the Last Ball’ – Carlos Alcaraz’s Humble Reaction After Thrashing Stefanos Tsitsipas at Miami Open 2022

Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish tennis professional, with a career highest ranking of  16, gave his best Grand Slam performance in the year 2021 on the hard courts of America. The young lad has taken a remarkable win over world no.5 Stefanos Tsitsipas. Alcaraz currently is taking part in Miami Open and by far has performed splendidly.

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Carlos came out victorious in the fierce match against Stefanos in the fourth round of Miami by7-5, 6-3. Thereby securing a position in the last four for this season. Further, while speaking to the press, Carlos said, “It was a very tough match, but it was amazing to play in front of this crowd. It was quite amazing to get so much support. Having the option to beat Stefanos in front of a crowd like that made it even more spectacular. It was a lot of fun.

He also addressed how hard the game became after the exhausting first set by saying, “It took a lot of energy to come back from the first set, All I can say is that I fought until the last ball to turn the first set around”.

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“I know it wasn’t the main pitch of the tournament, but it’s still a great stadium anyway. It was full of people. Really, it has been incredible, competing in front of a grandstand like this, totally incredible.” He added.

Carlos in the Sunshine Double

Carlos Alcaraz, 18-year-old, is surely one of the rising players, who one day might top the headlines for his flawless game. After he had to walk out of the Australian Open due to incurring a defeat against world no.8 Berrettini, Carlos made sure that he heals his wounds in the sunshine double.

Since Indian Wells Carlos is portraying his best form. While in Indian Wells, the Spaniard defeated Monfils in the round of 16 who made up to that level by defeating world no.1 Medvedev. Adding to that, he gave quite a hard time to the legendary Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. Thereby earning recognition from one of the current big three. Although he failed to reach to finals, he for sure brought back some great learnings. Now in Miami, he applies every tactic that he learned in Indian Wells. And has taken down a player who has been ranked as high as world no.3 in singles by ATP.

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Carlos will be locking horns with Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open on 31st march. All we have to do is wait and see if Carlos will make up for the semifinals of this tournament.