Carlos Alcaraz had high expectations about his chances in Monte Carlo, where instead, he lost in his opening match to an inspired Sebastian Korda after battling for 3 hours.
Carlito looked fantastic in the last few weeks when competing on hard courts following his title in Miami. However, he was struggling to find his rhythm when playing on clay in Monte Carlo and in windy conditions. After losing to Korda, Alcaraz admitted that he was quite disappointed and aware that he needed to play more matches on the dirt.
Carlito commented:
“I’m a bit disappointed with myself. I had a lot of chances to be up in the match and close to winning, but these losses are sometimes good to live. You have to play matches.
But I didn’t think about the expectations that the people have for me. I just focused on me and what I have to do. But as I said, you have to play more matches on clay courts.”
Carlito will play his next tournament in Barcelona next week.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2022
LWLLWLWWWW At the moment ranked no.11 (career-high), the Spaniard played his last match on the 13th of April when he was defeated by world no.42 Sebastian Korda 7-6(2) 6-7(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (draw).
During this season the Spaniard owns an overall 18-3 match record. Alcaraz clinched 2 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro and in Miami.
Korda in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, ranking, and results in 2022
LWLLWWWWWW Ranked world no.42, the American has managed to achieve an overall 10-5 record in 2022. The American is now playing in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he bested Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-5 6-4 and Carlos Alcaraz 7-62 6-75 6-3.
Sebastian Korda will come up against the world no.13 Taylor Fritz in the 3rd round on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT DES PRINCES. In the past, they have never competed against each other so far in top tournaments.
Carlos Alcaraz and Sebastian Korda played each other just twice. Their head to head is 1-1. The last time they played each other, Sebastian Korda won 7-6(2) 6-7(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Monte-Carlo (Monte) on the 13th of April 2022.
Here the highlights.
Carlos Alcaraz |
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