{"id":96156,"date":"2023-11-16T16:09:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=96156"},"modified":"2023-11-16T16:09:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:09:12","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-snaps-back-at-claims-he-must-win-every-event-as-pressure-mounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/tennis\/carlos-alcaraz-snaps-back-at-claims-he-must-win-every-event-as-pressure-mounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz snaps back at claims he must win every event as pressure mounts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carlos Alcaraz has claimed that it is a \u201cmistake\u201d to expect him to win every tournament. The world No 2 had a hugely successful first half of the year, picking up six trophies, but has not lifted any since Wimbledon. Despite his recent lack of titles, Alcaraz is still taking the positives from some of his runs and shut down suggestions that he always needed to win.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz is still fighting for a spot in the semi-final of the ATP Finals, having a 1-1 record so far in the round-robin stage. The Spaniard is hoping to end the year on a high after a difficult few weeks which saw him go on a three-match losing run for the first time since March 2021.<\/p>\n

Following losses in his opening match at the Paris Masters and the round-of-16 in Shanghai, Alcaraz\u2019s defeat to Zverev in his first round-robin match of the ATP Finals put him on a worrying streak but he quickly ended it by beating Andrey Rublev on Wednesday. Reflecting on his recent dip in form, Alcaraz said it wasn\u2019t a failure as he hit back at claims that he had to win every tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I try not to think about it,\u201d he said of his recently struggles. \u201cThe American swing was a good swing for me. Even if I didn’t take any title, I did a quarter-finals, a finals against Novak in Cincinnati was a pretty good job, and semi-final of a Grand Slam in US Open.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don’t take that as a failure. Probably everybody, well, knows that I have to win every title or every tournament. I think that’s a mistake.\u201d However, the two-time Grand Slam champion still conceded that the last few weeks had been difficult.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cFor me, as I said, I’ve been struggling the last few months. Probably the Asian swing, Shanghai, probably those tournaments were not good tournaments for me. That’s a shame for me, to end the year in that way.<\/p>\n