Jannik Sinner sends Carlos Alcaraz into crisis: “It’s nothing to him…”
Jannik Sinner sends Carlos Alcaraz into crisis
Carlos Alcaraz questions the complicated moment he is experiencing, perhaps the most difficult since the beginning of his short career. The Spanish tennis player has not won a tournament since his Wimbledon triumph, now 8 months ago, and the tour of South America has not brought much satisfaction so far, with a semifinal defeat in Buenos Aires and a first-round withdrawal in Rio De Janeiro due to ankle trouble. Adding the disappointment at the Australian Open, it was certainly not a start to the year to remember for the world number two, now trailed by Jannik Sinner.
"Sinner? For him 1,000 points is nothing"
"Sinner? I feel his breath on my neck,” Alcaraz admitted after the Rio withdrawal. “I think I am still at 1,000 points, but for Jannik not è nothing. I have to be up front as much as possible to try not to get caught and regain first place". L'Azzurro has now caught up with the Iberian champion and is putting pressure on him: "He has been working very hard and it shows. In every tournament è very focused on the things he has to do, è a great worker. I talk about that with Ferrero when we see him. If I compare him to the Sinner of yesteryear, he has made a change as a professional. He was before too, but now he è even more so. Daily work pays off and è what è happened with Jannik and I am happy for him and his team".
How Sinner canò become number 2 in the world
At Indian Wells, Alcaraz, the current champion, will be able to confirm his 8,805 points at best. However, if he does not win, his maximum score would be 8,455, sinceé the final of a Masters 1000 guarantees 650 points. Meanwhile, if Sinner were to win the title, he would reach 8,710 points, thus surpassingì Alcaraz and becoming the first Italian in the history of men’s tennis to reach the Top 2.
Alcaraz: "Injury? I hope nothing serious"
On his injury Alcaraz è expressed himself in these terms: "I felt pain right away and thought it would be difficult to continue if things didn’t improve. I played a few points and they didn't improve, I couldn't move well and I realized it would be impossible to continue. If I had continued I think the injury would have gotten worse".
