Carlos Alcaraz has dismissed outside expectations as \u2018freak talk\u2019 as he looks to put a \u2018difficult\u2019 month behind him after triumphing at the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard battled from a set down to beat Lorenzo Musetti 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 and lifted his first trophy since his 2024 Wimbledon<\/a> victory.<\/p>\n Alcaraz<\/a> looked far more comfortable on the clay courts of Monaco than over the last few months, where he had most recently lost to David Goffin in the second round of the Miami Open.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t feel that way,\u201d stated Alcaraz, when asked if his win had \u2018proved a point.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI always say that, let\u2019s say freak talk, when you\u2019re not winning or people have high expectations of you when you don\u2019t win tournaments or matches they probably talk a lot.<\/p>\n \u201cI just realised that I don\u2019t have to think about all they are talking about and just focus on myself. So I\u2019m not going to say I just proved them wrong.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just really happy to be able to refocus on the important things and just be focused on myself and the part that I have to follow with my team. Just playing for myself. So I\u2019m just really happy that I was able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued by stating: \u201cIt\u2019s been a tough month for me. On and off the court. I don\u2019t want to say in public, but I was struggling stepping on the court. It\u2019s been difficult to find a way to not think about everything\u201d.<\/p>\n Whilst the Spaniard had only played one match at the Monte Carlo event prior to this season\u2019s edition, he has had plenty of history with his next two tournaments.<\/p>\n In Barcelona, Alcaraz is a two-time champion (2022 and 2023) \u2013 withdrawing from the event in 2024 due to forearm issues.<\/p>\n Additionally, at the Madrid Open, he is also a two-time champion (2022 and 2023). It was in the Spanish capital where he truly announced himself to the tennis world at large, being the first \u2013 and only \u2013 player to beat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at the same clay-court event.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure that it\u2019s going to be difficult months ahead because a lot of people have high expectations of me having a really good clay season,\u201d Alcaraz admitted.<\/p>\n \u201cProbably they want me to win almost every tournament, so it\u2019s going to be difficult to deal with it, I guess.<\/p>\n \u201cBut one thing that I learned the last few months is I have to think about myself. I have to think about myself. I have to just think about my people, my team, my family, my friends, my close friends.<\/p>\n \u201cNo matter what happens on the court, if I win, if I lose, I just have to leave the court happy.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m proud about everything I have done. So that\u2019s something that I learned, and I think I did it this week and it paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018He has a kind of aura\u2019 \u2013 Lorenzo Musetti heaps praise on \u2018legend\u2019 Carlos Alcaraz after final defeat<\/a><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner\u2019s doping case \u2018handled differently\u2019, claims Italian Olympic champion<\/a><\/p>\n The former world No 1 was also quizzed as to if he will approach the upcoming tournaments any differently, given that he has now won his first title of 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cI will try to just keep going the same way that I approach this tournament (in Monte Carlo) and not think about the people talking about expectation.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz is also the first Spaniard to lift the singles title in Monaco since Nadal in 2018, which marked the legend\u2019s 11th triumph.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope to win the title here more than once. Thinking about 11 is impossible, honestly,\u201d said the four-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve spoken several times with my team about what Rafa achieved on clay. It\u2019s one of the most complicated things in sport in general, not just tennis.<\/p>\n \u201cWinning the same tournament 11 times, 14 Roland Garros, the best tournaments in the world, is impossible to repeat. We\u2019ll see how many I can get. If I stick with just one, I\u2019ll be happy. I\u2019ll be 23 in no time, so I hope to play this tournament for 10 or 15 more years, we\u2019ll see if I can add some more. Now I just want to enjoy this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Carlos Alcaraz hints at a \u2018tough month\u2019 minutes after winning the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz has dismissed outside expectations as \u2018freak talk\u2019 as he looks to put a \u2018difficult\u2019 month behind him after triumphing at the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters. The Spaniard battled from a set down to beat Lorenzo Musetti 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 and lifted his first trophy since his 2024 Wimbledon victory. 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