A few hours after this little terror interrupted his training with a sprained ankle, Carlos Alcaraz will hold a press conference to answer all questions on this media day of the US Open 2024The Spaniard arrives in New York with only one defeat on this American tour, but with confidence in his tennis and the certainty of being able to go far in the last Grand Slam of the season.
About the ankle prolapse
“I stopped my training as a precaution; I think it’s OK. I didn’t feel well enough to continue training in case the situation worsened. A few hours later, I’m fine; my foot is fine. Tomorrow I’ll try to go back to training at 100% without thinking about it, but today I had to take it easy. It didn’t make me worry about my participation in the US Open. I was upset because I don’t like to stop training, just out of respect for Cerúndolo. I want to improve, be ready for the tournament. I know that in a day or two I’ll be at 100%.”
What makes your tennis so challenging for your opponents?
“I always push my opponents to the limit. I always try to be aggressive and play different shots. I would say the worst thing for my opponents is that they don’t know what’s coming next. They have to be aggressive. They have to defend well if they want to keep the ball. That’s the worst part of my game for my opponents, in my opinion.”
Preparation with few games on the tour
“It’s something I don’t care about. Of course, I would have liked to have had more matches on hard court before the US Open, but that’s not something that concerns me. If I look back, for example at Roland Garros, I didn’t have many matches on clay there either and I got a good result. The same goes for Wimbledon. I don’t want to think it will be like the previous Grand Slams, but I’m not worried about not having many matches on hard court.”
About the Olympic final
“It is one of the most important finals of my career. I know that the Olympics are held every four years, so I don’t know if I will have another chance to win gold. I will fight for it, that’s for sure. It was a tough moment, but I had a great player in front of me who was fighting for the same thing as me. Days after that match, I realized that I had won the silver medal and that is a great achievement to be proud of. I want to move on and learn from this encounter. In the next finals or important matches, I will handle the situation better.”
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