Carlos Alcaraz: “In the end no one is perfect; I am 20 years old”

24 the one, 2024, 11:38 a.m. ET

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The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, No. 2 in the world, said after his defeat in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open against the German Alexander Zverev (6th) that the lack of good feelings he experienced in the first two sets is something that he has to “improve” and that “it is normal” that he It happens because he is 20 years old.

“In the end nobody is perfect. I am 20 years, It is something that I have to improve and it is normal that it happens to me. The good thing is that we know it. “Back then it was more continuous and now it happens to me more sporadically,” he said after falling 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2) and 6-4, despite his meritorious comeback in a second set that he lost by 2-5.

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“It’s something that doesn’t worry me. I’ll change and these things won’t happen to me, or if they happen I’ll be able to come back. We’re going to improve it and you’ll see a change,” added Alcaraz, who praised his rival’s great game, which ended the match. with 85% success on the first serve.

“The serve is something that I have improved a lot, but I want to continue improving it. In the short term, that is the most important thing at a tennis level,” said the Spaniard after having a 65% success rate with the first serve.

“I don’t know what conclusions to draw, my team will tell me things as they are. If I want to win more Grand Slam tournaments, I have to improve them because if not, it is very difficult to come back against this type of players,” explained Alcaraz, who He said goodbye to the Spanish press with a smile, after reaching the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park for the first time in his young career.

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