Alcaraz warns Djokovic what to anticipate in US Open closing with brutal message
Carlos Alcaraz fired a warning to Novak Djokovic with a showdown within the US Open closing nonetheless on the playing cards. The world No 1 mentioned he was planning to make all of his opponents “suffer” in his matches, with the 36-year-old being no exception.
Alcaraz is the defending champion at this 12 months’s US Open and has to date had a comparatively simple run, reaching the quarter-final by dropping only one set throughout his first 4 matches. But some tennis followers received’t be comfortable till the highest seed and Djokovic each attain the ultimate.
The pair have confronted off 4 instances previously, with their head-to-head cut up at 2-2. They have additionally met within the final three tournaments they each performed in – the French Open, Wimbledon and the Cincinnati Open. Their matches on the latter two occasions got here within the closing, with Alcaraz profitable at SW19 and Djokovic getting revenge a number of weeks later.
As each males get nearer to a different championship match showdown on the US Open, Alcaraz is already feeling assured given the expertise he has racked up at different Grand Slam tournaments. “Yes, the truth is yes. I’ve already experienced important situations in Grand Slams,” the 20-year-old informed Eurosport.
“Even though I’m only 20 years old I feel a little bit experienced in these types of situations, which means there are many moments which I take with much more calmness than maybe before.”
Part of that have implies that the two-time Major champion is aware of that he makes his opponents “suffer” in the event that they need to try to defeat him. Alcaraz continued: “And I can play calmer knowing that if people want to beat me, they’re going to have to suffer, run a lot, and play a very, very high level for a long time.
“Physically I feel good, mentally quite good and tennis-wise I think I am playing at a high level, so in these situations I feel calmer.” It’s one thing the reigning US Open champion believes he has already been in a position to do in his first 4 matches in New York.
“What we’re trying to do in each match, I think I’ve done that incredibly well,” he added. “Playing aggressively, trying to go up to the net a lot of times, keeping the rest of my game tight – basically my game style. I think I haven’t doubted it at any moment, I’ve been faithful to my style in every moment of matches.”
For now, Alcaraz shall be hoping to make Alexander Zverev undergo as he faces the twelfth seed within the quarter-final. The German leads their head-to-head by three wins to 2 losses and he was victorious of their solely Grand Slam assembly ultimately 12 months’s US Open. The Spaniard received their solely match of 2023 on the Madrid Open.