Carlos Alcaraz has revealed he reached out to legend Andre Agassi for a ‘few suggestions’, earlier than beating opponent Jannik Sinner within the Indian Wells semi-final. The world quantity two is claimed to have loved a sit-down assembly with Agassi throughout his latest journey to Las Vegas.
It’s been a profitable go to to the States for Alcaraz, who will tackle Daniil Medvedev within the Indian Wells remaining later at present, having come from a set all the way down to despatch Sinner 2-1 on Saturday. However whereas he’s been within the USA, the Spanish star took a while to fulfill up with former tennis ace Agassi, with Alcaraz choosing the American’s mind for suggestions and methods.
“Nicely, I ask him [Agassi] or a number of suggestions, a number of issues about how he was doing throughout his profession,” Alcaraz instructed the Tennis Channel. “How he handled the strain or how he stayed on the excessive rank or the excessive depth throughout nearly his entire profession.”
“He instructed me that ‘it’s important to give your 100% each day, or should you really feel at your 80%, it’s important to give your 100% of that 80%. He instructed me the significance of each day. You can not miss nothing in a day.”
An attention-grabbing idea, however one which seems to have benefitted Alcaraz through the present Indian Wells Open. The 2023 Wimbledon winner has been in imperious kind through the meet in California and is the bookies’ favorite to take the 2024 Indian Wells title this night.
Talking after his victory over Sinner on Saturday, Alcaraz instructed Sky Sports activities: “I stayed robust mentally and that is essential. It’s a must to be robust mentally if you wish to overcome these form of matches, being a set down towards somebody who’s taking part in an unbelievable recreation.
“I’m very pleased with the issues that I’ve accomplished after the primary set. I modified my recreation slightly bit and it labored very properly. Actually completely happy to beat Jannik and be within the remaining once more.”
He added: “I needed to run extra, I needed to defend higher than I did within the first set. I needed to put extra balls in. Attempt to keep robust on the courtroom… We performed loads of lengthy rallies, greater than the primary set. Making errors within the second, third, fourth ball and towards somebody like Jannik [Sinner], it could actually’t be potential. So I feel I modified that after the primary set.”