Walking in the path of Greatness, Carlos Alcaraz, the reigning Wimbledon and French Open champion, has secured the Monte–Carlo Masters title after defeating Lorenzo Musetti by 3-6 6-1 6-0 at the Monte-Carlo Country Club.
The 21-year-old struggled in his first set as Musetti kept him on his toes, trailing by 6-3, he fought back in the second set, leading by 5-0 after 32 minutes, hitting the ball back and forth both players levelled up.
Now, battling for a decider the match had to be stopped for some few minutes as Musetti was battling with physical discomfort and a physio was called to check up on him.
The match then continued, but his injury got the better of him as Alcaraz thrashed him in the last set to seal a win for himself.
Speaking on the tennis channel, Alcaraz thanked his team for being beside him through his career journey, as they faced a lot of challenges.
“With my team. I have no words to say how grateful I am for everything. To be my team on the professional part, and to be my family, because I feel like we are family.
“We have been through a difficult moment these past few months. We have always been together, very strong together, and going along the right path and doing great things.”
This sixth ATP Masters 1000 trophy win moves Alcaraz to world number two, replacing Germany’s Alexander Zverev. This victory will motivate and give the young man confidence when he defends his title at the French Open in May.
As he follows in the footsteps of his legendary tennis role models Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, he added that living up to people’s expectations will be very hard and difficult, but what he has learnt these past few months is to put himself first and think about the people around him.
If he expects to win all his matches, and he ends up losing, that might affect his team, so rule number one: no matter what happens, always leave the court happy
“It going to be difficult months ahead because a lot of people have high expectations and probably they want me to win almost every tournament so it’s going to be difficult to deal with it”.
