Zizou Bergs, on what Alcaraz said after losing to him in Shanghai: “You should never take a player’s words at a press conference literally. Sometimes the questions can be a bit biased. I’m not too worried about those statements.”

Carlos Alcaraz He will return to the competition next week to play in the Vienna tournament. He will do so after falling surprisingly in the third round of the Shanghai Masters 1000 against the Belgian Zizou Bergsa match after which he stated that his rival had played better, but also noted that he had had “some luck.”

“You should never take a player’s words at a press conference literally. Sometimes the questions can be a little biased.. I’m not too worried about those statements,” said Bergs in statements reported by the Belgian newspaper DH Les Sports+, on the eve of his debut this Tuesday at the European Open in Brussels.

The Belgian, number 41 in the world, caused the surprise on October 12 by eliminating Alcaraz, then third in the ATP ranking, by 7-5 and 7-6 (4), in what was the most important victory of his career.

After the match, Alcaraz acknowledged that he had played “at a really bad level” against an opponent who had shown “very good” tennis, but He also noted that Bergs had been lucky in some decisive momentswith returns and hits that touched the frame of the racket and ended up entering the court.

“What I have left is that magnificent victory, but also the ones I achieved before facing him. All that has given me confidence,” said the Belgian tennis player.

Bergs, 27, considered that his victory against the Spaniard represents a new step forward in his professional career.

“I continue to move forward in my process. It’s good to beat players of this caliber. I’m building my career“he concluded.