Alcaraz exploded against the Paris Masters 1000 court: “This is worse than…”

The playing conditions of the Paris La Défense Arena received strong criticism in just its second day from one of the great stars like the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (1st), who did not hesitate to express his disagreement in his debut against the British Cameron Norrie (31°) in the Paris Masters 1000.

After being outmatched in the second set against the versatile left-hander, the recent Tokyo ATP 500 champion, who opted not to participate in the Shanghai Masters 1000 due to a severe bend in his left ankle and was appearing for the fifth time in the French event, sought explanations directly in his boxesmore precisely through the wise advice of his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero.

“Look at what you are doing right and correct it“, expressed the ‘Mosquito’, in order to lift the spirit of the young man from Murcia facing the decisive set. “I’m doing everything wrong“, the owner of 24 titles, eight in the current season, would later answer, completely disillusioned by his erratic performance.

Seconds later, the leader of the men’s ranking would attack the speed of the central court, which was evidently affected when leaving its traditional home in the Accor Arena, in Bercy, when compared to the traditional brick dust surface: “I don’t feel it. Zero! I don’t feel anything. This is worse than Monte-Carlo. Only the serve is saved.”

Discouraged and unfocused, Alcaraz would not be able to find solutions, he would total 54 forced errors and finally lose 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4 against the former number 8 on the planet to put his leadership at the top of the ranking at risk.

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