Carlos Alcaraz says that he is \u2018feeling better and better\u2019 on the clay courts of Monte Carlo, after he dispatched Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-1 to reach his first quarter-final at the prestigious event.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard looked like he was in trouble against Francisco Cerundolo during his opening match, losing the first set 6-3, before going on to dominate the Argentinian 6-0, 6-1 in the next two sets.<\/p>\n
Against the German, Alcaraz<\/a> continued that form and only improved as the match went along.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly it was difficult, Danny [Altmaier] is playing great,\u201d stated Alcaraz.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a solid clay-court player with a difficult game: a lot of topspin shots and [he\u2019s] really good physically. The score doesn\u2019t show how difficult it was, I had to battle in the first set.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was good to get a break before the new balls, which helped with the serve. In the second set, I could be myself more, play more aggressively than in the first, and I took my chances.\u201d<\/p>\n The former world No 1\u2019s result means that he has now reached the quarterfinals of every Grand Slam and Masters 1000 tournament, apart from the Rome Masters \u2013 which he has only played once.<\/p>\n \u201cI just felt more comfortable [compared to his first match],\u201d continued the four-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n \u201cI think when you are coming to a new surface, you have to just play more time just to get better and better, to feel more comfortable.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom the first match, I realised how I have to play here on clay, that I have to be myself all the time. That\u2019s the way that I enjoy playing tennis. Just playing aggressive just doesn\u2019t qualify me, and I realised that after the first set in the first round.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter that, I think I\u2019m just feeling better and better. As much time as I spending on court, I think I\u2019m going to feel better.<\/p>\n \u201cHopefully in quarter-final, let\u2019s see how it\u2019s going to be, but I guess I\u2019m going to feel better moving, playing, so I think it\u2019s going to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n Roger Federer\u2019s ex-coach \u2018not betting against\u2019 Novak Djokovic after Monte Carlo exit<\/a><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner\u2019s fitness coach says the world No 1 has \u2018rediscovered himself\u2019 during suspension<\/a><\/p>\n Alcaraz will next face Arthur Fils, who dominated former Monte Carlo champion Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-3 in just 61 minutes.<\/p>\n The Frenchman is the only singles player to reach the last eight of the Indian Wells, Miami, and Monte Carlo tournaments.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s playing great,\u201d commented the reigning Roland Garros<\/a> champion.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019s the only player who made at least the quarter-final in every Masters 1000 (this year).<\/p>\n \u201cHis level is really high right now. I saw a little bit from his match today, and he\u2019s playing great. I\u2019m not going to be scared; that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll just try to play my tennis, try to show good tennis, put pressure on him. Let\u2019s see how it\u2019s going to be, but I\u2019m excited about facing him for the first time.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a really tough battle. But at the same time, it\u2019s going to be beautiful to play and I guess beautiful to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n The post \u2018I\u2019m just feeling better and better\u2019 \u2013 Carlos Alcaraz gives insight into key playstyle change after reaching last 8<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz says that he is \u2018feeling better and better\u2019 on the clay courts of Monte Carlo, after he dispatched Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-1 to reach his first quarter-final at the prestigious event. The Spaniard looked like he was in trouble against Francisco Cerundolo during his opening match, losing the first set 6-3, before going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Latest ATP News<\/h3>\n