In the interview, Darwin Blanch shares his experience playing against a top-ranked player, Machak, in a large stadium event. Despite feeling initially nervous, Blanch was motivated by the crowd and believed the gap between Juniors and pros was due to minute details and making opponents play. He attributes his improvement to training at Juan Carlos Ferrero’s Academy and practicing with Carlos Alcaraz.
Blanch is multilingual, speaking English, Spanish, Chinese, and Thai, and enjoys immersing himself in various cultures. His tennis inspirations are Novak Jokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, and his aspirations include learning from them and finishing the year as a top 500 ATP player. Playing in his first 1000 event, Blanch expresses excitement about the unique atmosphere and crowd support.
Darwin Blanch in 2024
Ranked world no. (career-high), the American played his last match on the 20th of March when he surrendered to world no.60 Tomas Machac 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Miami (draw).
At the moment, during this season Blanch achieved a compiled 5-6 record. Darwin Blanch’s most significant result of this season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Torello.
