Carlos Alcaraz explains his resounding defeat.

Newly appointed world number one Carlos Alcaraz lost immediately in Astana to Goffin

World number one Carlos Alcaraz tried to analyze the surprise knockout he suffered on his debut in Astana against Belgian David Goffin. “It was a very tough challenge, Goffin played magnificently,” the Spanish champion explained to Marca. “Coming back to the competition is never easy after such a long time, I had already played on this court on two occasions, but being so slow it is not at all easy to get used to it. I have to learn from this lesson.”

“I was not able to adapt to this match,” continued the Iberian, “he was very aggressive and I could not handle the pressure he constantly put on me. For Alcaraz it was his second defeat as number one: two weeks ago he had been bowed out by Auger Aliassime in the Davis Cup.