Carlos Alcaraz confesses what went wrong in Beijing loss to Jannik Sinner
Carlos Alcaraz said Jannik Sinner “played a great level of tennis” and admitted he went “mentally out” during the second set of their Beijing semifinal match. On Tuesday, No 1 seed Alcaraz’s Beijing run ended in the semifinal after sixth-seeded Sinner handed the Spaniard a 7-6 (4) 6-1 loss.
In the first set, Alcaraz was twice up by a break but he failed to hold on to his service in those moments. After losing a tight first set, Alcaraz’s game collapsed as Sinner broke the Spaniard three times in the second set en route to completing a straight-set win.
“Obviously he also played a great level of tennis, it forced me to change my game a little bit. I couldn’t do what I always do, I tried to play deeper, but I couldn’t. I tried to play with another tactic, but it didn’t go well in that part either.
This is another thing I’ll have to learn if I want to beat Jannik. Then in the second set I was mentally out, I was complaining too much, something that really makes it difficult for you to play at your best level, that’s what it means to be angry with yourself.
This is what happened,” Alcaraz said, via Punto de Break.
