Tennis - Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2025 - Carlos Alcaraz : "It's kind of relief that I got my first win at Monte-Carlo"

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09/04/2025

Un Carlos Alcaraz à deux visages ce mercredi au Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Après sa défaite d'entrée au Masters 1000 de Miami contre David Goffin, l'Espagnol devait réagir. Toutefois, en recherche de confiance, le n°3 mondial a eu besoin d'une manche avant de lancer la machine et d'écraser Francisco Cerundolo dans les deux dernières manches, 3-6, 6-0, 6-1. L'Argentin a bien débuté avant d'être impuissant contre un "Carlitos" tout de même rassurant. En huitièmes, "Carlitos" affrontera Daniel Altmaier.

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00:00Well, I think I started to play more aggressively.

00:07I think in the first set I just tried to get into the match, getting good pace, playing

00:16or trying to play long rallies.

00:18I think I made a lot of mistakes at the beginning of the match and I just let him dominate the

00:24game, so in the second set I just wanted to play more aggressively.

00:30I started to return closer to the line, just putting pressure on his serve and trying to

00:37play as aggressive as I can.

00:40As I said, I think the first runs in every tournament is never easy and then I switched

00:48to clay that a long time that I didn't touch the clay, so it has been difficult.

00:53But the serves I think here is not as important as probably on grass or on hardcourt, so I

00:59knew that I was going to have difficulties in the serve games and just to be calm and just

01:09keep going.

01:10So I think I did it pretty well, saving the breakpoints in the first game of the second

01:15set and then after that I think I just started to feel more comfortable and playing my own

01:21tennis.

01:22Carlos, what did you miss about the clay season?

01:26What did you miss about the clay season?

01:28I think the tough battles, and as I said, the serve is not as important as probably on hardcourt,

01:39so I think that's pretty good for me.

01:45I think we're playing almost every point, so we can make a lot of points or free points

01:52with the serve.

01:53So that's make develop the point even more than probably other surfers.

02:00And yeah, long rallies, you know, get the socks dirty a little bit, so that's what I miss,

02:08you know, to watch good tennis.

02:12You know, on clay you can watch, you know, the real tennis, because as I said, it's not

02:17only watching, you know, big serves or whatever, or points, you know, in just one or two shots.

02:23You know, on clay you see long rallies, for example, yesterday, 48, you know, a rally,

02:30so that's what I like, watching tennis and playing here on clay.

02:37Congrats, Carlos, on your win, and yeah, your next opponent is Daniel Altmaier.

02:44How well do you know Danny, and it's your first match against him?

02:48What do you expect?

02:49Well, he's playing great, I think he has won two important matches, and really good matches.

02:58I mean, he has a lot of confidence right now, he's a really tough clay player, so his tennis,

03:09his style, he's switched pretty well to clay, so it's going to be a really tough match.

03:15I have to be focused on, you know, on every point, on every saw.

03:22I will try to learn from this match just to make the right things, and to be better

03:28you know, on the things that I didn't play well today, so I just decided just to keep going

03:33to play another match here in Monte Carlo, so that I haven't played too much in a row here,

03:38so it's going to be a great day, and let's see.

03:48You mentioned the other day it was a bit weird you'd never won a match here, and you haven't

03:51played here much before.

03:53Is it a weight off your shoulders finally getting a win here?

03:56Probably.

03:57Yeah, I'm not going to say I was nervous because of that, but yeah, this is one of the few tournaments

04:07that I haven't, or just the only tournament that I haven't, you know, win one match before,

04:15so it just feels great having finally, you know, get my first win here and keep going.

04:23As I said, this is a really beautiful tournament that I really want to go far, and yeah, I think

04:31this year, you know, it's kind of a relief that I got my first win.

04:35.

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