Is Carlos Alcaraz risking injury by taking on a \u2018crazy\u2019 schedule?<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cSo let\u2019s see, it\u2019s not gonna be easy the next day, day and a half for me. So I will try to recover, to do whatever it takes to be ready for the next round, to try to play and have a good level enough to compete in the next round. But it was a bad\u2026 it was unlucky, I\u2019d say. So let\u2019s see.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: Were you thinking at one point that you might pull out of the match?<\/p>\n
Alcaraz: \u201cYeah. Yeah, when I did it, I didn\u2019t feel good at all. I couldn\u2019t do anything at all, the first five minutes when I did it. So I was worried, as I said, because, yeah, I didn\u2019t feel good or I didn\u2019t have the confidence to continue the match.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you know, the physio came, he did some tests which was really good that I didn\u2019t feel nothing at all, which for me was great. I could walk to the bench and for me, that gave a lot of confidence to myself that I could continue, that I could play. But you know, I thought about that I couldn\u2019t continue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: The other day, you went to the Samurai museum and I just wondered if you had a warrior mentality?<\/p>\n
Alcaraz: \u201c(Laughs) Well, I\u2019m trying to have a warrior mentality in every match, in every aspect of everything, but that\u2019s what I thought today: \u2018Okay, try everything, try your best, do whatever you can do it in the match just to play a good tennis.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, for the fans as well, I could have felt a little bit guilty if I couldn\u2019t continue or play some tennis for the fans, so I just tried to have a good mindset and just give everything that I have.\u201d<\/p>\n
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