Alcaraz, after his victory against Cerú: “Simply, I survived”

Carlos Alcaraz (3rd ATP)he had nothing easy in the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Masters 1000 in view of Francisco closing it (26 °), whom he ended up defeating 6-3 and 7-6 (4), in almost an hour and 45 minutes of the game.

The conditions were really adverse to both players, taking into account that The strong Californian wind He said present throughout the game. To the latter in particular the Spanish referred to a press conference.

“I think it was a little harder than in my previous game. There was more wind and it was more cold. The conditions were really hard And the reality is that I did not play so well. I think I simply survived. I saved many break points, many opportunities in his favor. I am very happy for it, “explained the current two -time champion of this contest.

“When you are not on your best day, you have to find, other solutions, other things to be able to live up to the opponent, That’s why I went a lot to the networkbecause I felt much better in there than from the baseline, “added the Murcian, justifying his repetitive rises to the volley during the commitment against the Argentine.

Finally, the pupil four times Grand Slam championpredicted what will be a great semifinal duel against Jack Draper (14th): “It has a lot of rhythm, a lot of speed and good blows. I think your game style adapts quite well to these conditions. It seems that it is in a very good shape right now. I think he is ambitious and always goes for all. That makes it a very hard rival. I am quite sure that it will be one of the toughest in the circuit in the future or next year “

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