Carlos Alcaraz revealed he did not enjoy his long battle with Damir Dzumhur, as he had to fight back from what was developing into a perilous situation to seal a 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win and book his place in round four at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n
The defending champion looked set to enjoy a quick night on Court Philippe Chatrier as he stormed through the first two sets, but he stumbled as he pushed for the finishing line and needed to fight hard to get the job done in four sets.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t enjoy it too much. I suffered quite a lot,\u201d conceded Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s difficult to win Grand Slams \u2013 because you have to play a really high level of tennis for three to four hours and maintain your focus. That is the most difficult part of tennis.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first two sets were under control and then he decided to play deeper and more aggressively. My energy went down and it was difficult to push myself, but I had to give everything I had inside. In the end, I\u2019m proud to get the win in the end.<\/p>\n John McEnroe offers an intriguing take as he answers Carlos Alcaraz question<\/a><\/p>\n Tim Henman predicts who will win Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner Grand Slam battle<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI love playing this kind of game. Playing aggressively, hitting great forehands and going to the net. When I play with confidence, I just go for it. Find the power and just kill it. I like to do that.<\/p>\n \u201cNow I have to recover. We play a match on court and then we play another match to try and recover to be ready for the next match.\u201d<\/p>\n Former world No 1 Jim Courier told TNT Sports that Alcaraz showed the downside to his ambition to play explosive tennis, as he argued his slide in form against Dzumhur is a possible reason why he will not reach the heights of the game\u2019s all-time greats.<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more torn about this,\u201d said Courier. \u201cI could not be more in love with the style of tennis he brings to the court and in awe of it because it is something so unique.<\/p>\n \u201cHis unbelievably aggressive mindset is so different from the Spanish mentality, which is concentrated and percentage tennis.<\/p>\n \u201cThen the other part of me that wants to see him challenge the all-time great records thinks if he could just do a little less of that, maybe in 15 years\u2019 time we could be looking at you and Novak (Djokovic), Rafa (Nadal) and Roger (Federer).<\/p>\n \u201cI have long admired all the Spanish players as they always get the best out of their game and they never beat themselves.<\/p>\n \u201cAlcaraz is a very different style of player and he doesn\u2019t really have what I would consider\u00a0the Spanish tennis mentality.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz now faces what should be a dynamic showdown against American big-hitter Ben Shelton, in what should be a thrilling fourth round encounter.<\/p>\n The defending Roland Garros champion will be the big favourite in a match that will see Shelton\u2019s big serve slowed on the red clay in Paris, but Alcaraz needs to ensure he maintains his focus until he crosses the finish line.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: <\/strong>John McEnroe offers intriguing take as he answers Carlos Alcaraz question<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The post Carlos Alcaraz gets a warning from former world No 1 after Roland Garros thriller<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz revealed he did not enjoy his long battle with Damir Dzumhur, as he had to fight back from what was developing into a perilous situation to seal a 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win and book his place in round four at Roland Garros. The defending champion looked set to enjoy a quick night […]<\/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-537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537","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=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Tennis News<\/h3>\n