Alcaraz: Two Causes for Resurgence

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Saturday, October 5, 2024Photo credit score: Shi Tang/Getty

Stumbling by way of a disappointing American summer time hard-court season, Carlos Alcaraz is flying excessive in China this fall.

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Beijing champion Alcaraz swept proficient Chinese language Juncheng Shang 6-3, 6-2 in his Rolex Shanghai Masters opener.

It was Alcaraz’s tenth consecutive victory.

Haunted by the emotional hangover of falling within the Olympic gold-medal match to Novak Djokovic in Paris, Alcaraz was upset by Gael Monfils in his Cincinnati opener earlier than bowing to Botic van de Zandschulp in a US Open second spherical shocker.

Since then, Alcaraz has gained 19 of 21 units he is performed in his 10-match successful streak.

“I feel I am feeling nice on the courtroom, bodily I am feeling good,” Alcaraz advised the media in Shanghai. “For me, for my tennis, it is actually essential to really feel that approach. I am hitting the ball actually, very well as effectively, so I am making an attempt to be the identical approach within the matches.”

The reigning Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion attributes his fall rise to 2 easy causes: He is feeling good bodily and he is reconnected with the enjoyment of enjoying.

“I am a man that tries to maintain the optimistic issues. For instance, within the American swing, it did not go as I anticipated, so I had extra time to organize effectively this a part of the season,” Alcaraz mentioned. “I had some weeks that I actually labored, I put in actually good work bodily on the courtroom as effectively, simply to really feel nice coming to this match.

“I feel that is the distinction, and that is why I am exhibiting actually good tennis, as a result of bodily I am feeling nice and, you understand, I am simply making an attempt to have pleasure and revel in my time on the courtroom, enjoying good factors, enjoying good rallies, and the best way that I am hitting the ball is sort of good currently.”