Carlos Alcaraz falls in Paris and loses his opportunity to close the year as number one in the ATP Rankings

The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz fell this Tuesday against the Russian Roman Safiullin in his debut at the Paris Masters 1000 and lost his opportunities to add points that would allow him to close the year in the number 1 position in the ATP Ranking which is led by the Serbian Novak Djokovic .

Alcaraz arrived with all the hope of recovering his level after having lost the Basel tournament due to physical problems, which motivated him to focus his efforts in the French capital even after training for a couple of days with Djokovic himself, in videos that circulated. in social networks.

“After this defeat I have no options, all the options I had to finish number 1 at the end of the year are gone. We are not going to think that, I think there are zero opportunities,” said the Iberian.

He later declared that he was disappointed with his performance in the competition, and pointed out that his bad game was due to “mental issues”, but he considered that his level of play was “decent” although he did not know how to take advantage of the few opportunities that an opponent who “did not” gave him. He had downturns.”

“My tennis requires a high physical level, but I have been lacking a lot in terms of mobility and speed. “I have felt slow,” he stated.

Although he assured that he normally tries to forget defeats quickly, he confessed that “on days like this it is more difficult.”

“Losing in the first rounds of tournaments that you hope to reach the final rounds or that you demand of yourself hurts. Today is one of the few times that I don’t want to think about the next few days, about training. But it has to be done, there is one tournament left. But these defeats hurt a lot,” he commented.

Alcaraz commented that he still has time to prepare for the Turin Masters in good conditions, although it is difficult for him to think about it now.

“There are many days of training left to reach the level I want, but now I don’t have the mood to talk about it. After this defeat I have to take some distance before talking about the future and what I have to do,” she said.