Carlos Alcaraz to CNN: ‘I’m playing unbelievable tennis’
Carlos Alcaraz came into the tournament with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 second round loss to Roger Federer but a 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 third-round win over Sam Querrey. He said that he was playing with some nerves, but said that he needed to play at that level.
Q&A: Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz came into the tournament with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 second round loss to Roger Federer but a 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 third-round win over Sam Querrey. He said that he was playing with some nerves, but said that he needed to play at that level. In an on-court interview at the Open, he said, “No, I’m not playing. I can’t play. I was in first class now, the first three rounds I played. I couldn’t do what I had done four weeks ago. I was in a different place mentally. I thought, ‘I can’t play. I’m playing unbelievable tennis. I’m playing unbelievable tennis.’ And then I got to the fourth round, and all of a sudden I wasn’t playing at a level. That’s why I came here. I wanted to come here, and now I’m here, and I don’t know what’s going to happen.” When asked how he felt physically, he said, “Honestly, I feel good physically. My back feels great. I’m feeling good mentally. I have to say, I’m playing unbelievable tennis. I was playing before this tournament was even here. I was doing the best I could, and I was going to make it. I made it. I couldn’t make it before, I couldn’t make it before. It just all happened to change.”
Federer, meanwhile, said that playing Alcaraz made him a little bit nervous. “I don’t know what I did or
