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Alcaraz after his defeat against Goffin: “You have to give Credit to David”

Spanish reflects on its elimination in Miami

March 22, 2025

He had not been an hour to finish his first game in this Miami Open present by It Itaú, and Carlos Alcaraz already had clear of the reasons for the defeat against David Goffin 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.

The main ones pointed to an unexpected fatigue in the legs from the second set, to their irregularity during the match – its No. 90 at ATP Masters 1000 level – but also to the great level of the Belgian, which did not advance to the third round of the tournament since 2019. “Simply the uncle played great tennis,” the Spanish told the media.

“The opportunities that he left me did not take advantage of them and in the end the tennis is based on taking advantage of opportunities. If you do not take advantage of them, because you let the other follow with peace of mind, continue with confidence. I think that is what has happened now.”

“From 7-5, I have not had any break ball in the game,” continues No. 3 of the PIF ATP Rankings. “And that already talks about the little pressure that I have put in his serve. In the end, when you leave the other to play a good tennis, and do not show any pressure point, it is very complicated that you can win.”

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From the second set, Alcaraz could only reach 40/40 in two return games. Meanwhile in his serve games he was not feeling comfortable for the initiative of No. 55 of the PIF ATP Rankings, which came to break four times at night.

“It is true that I have not played well and my level has been poor, but you have to give credit to David. I think it is a tennis that seems not, but it costs to face it. Tonight has been very solid from the beginning to the end. I thought that his level was going to lower a little, but since I have not put pressure on him, I think he has confident all the time, and he has not lowered,” he said, “he said,” he said, “

And it is not the first time that Goffin hurts Alcaraz. The last duel between the two, played in Astana 2022, had taken the ex No. 7 of the world winning in corridos sets. However, it seems that this result has affected Alcaraz more than three years ago, especially for its level and the place where defeat has occurred.

“Animically how am I? Well, fucked up for this defeat because this is a tournament in which I always want to do it very well, and losing in the first game hurts,” added Alcaraz, who did not lose in the debut of this event since his first participation in 2021.

So much impact has had this result that the vision of its own season has changed, even if it had reached this event with a title (Roterdam) after four tournaments, semifinals in the BNP Paribas Open (p. With Draper), and some rooms in Australia and Doha.

“This first part of the season … I had already said that I felt a good tennis.