{"id":75884,"date":"2022-05-04T01:13:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T00:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desarrollo.mutuamadridopen.com\/?p=68082"},"modified":"2022-05-04T01:13:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T00:13:58","slug":"alcaraz-spurred-on-into-the-madrid-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/alcaraz-spurred-on-into-the-madrid-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz spurred on into the Madrid night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday saw Carlos Alcaraz commence his assault on the Caja M\u00e1gica. The Spaniard beat Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 7-5 in a very special match in which he took his first step in this year\u2019s Mutua Madrid Open campaign. On the verge of his 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday, the Murcia native showed that he is already a huge attraction for the Spanish fans, who spurred him on on a magical night in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy to have got through the match\u201d, said Alcaraz. \u201cHe was a very difficult player who hits the ball very hard. There weren\u2019t many rallies and I had to maintain the tempo from start to finish. At the start of each set I struggled a little but we came through it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Juan Carlos Ferrero\u2019s pupil had to work hard in an entertaining match, coming back from a break down in both sets to seal the win. His big hitting opponent, who was able to compete at altitude and under the roof, perfect conditions for an aggressive game, was unable to stop the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a player who fights until the final point\u201d, explained Carlos, who thrilled the fans with some stunning points. \u201cThe spirit of fighting for every point means I have these kinds of rallies. It\u2019s incredible that everyone stood up and cheered me on after a good point\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On a Tuesday evening, close to midnight, almost 10,000 people were on hand to watch the teenager play his opener. The gesture did not go unnoticed by Alcaraz himself, who was grateful for the affection he received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt the support of the people. I\u2019ve felt affection from all the fans in the Caja M\u00e1gica. I feel lucky to experience moments like this and that the people love me so much\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m speechless. After waiting all day, for all the people to stay to watch my match and support me until the end is something I\u2019m so grateful for. A while back, I wouldn\u2019t have believed that so many people at this time on a Tuesday were watching my match\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz is now en route to clash with some more experienced players. The Spaniard will face Cameron Norrie or John Isner in the round of sixteen, both of whom have won tournaments in the ATP Tour\u2019s top category. The challenge, though, is exactly what the young Spaniard wants; to play the best and become one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday saw Carlos Alcaraz commence his assault on the Caja M\u00e1gica. The Spaniard beat Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 7-5 in a very special match in which he took his first step in this year\u2019s Mutua Madrid Open campaign. On the verge of his 19th\u00a0birthday, the Murcia native showed that he is already a huge attraction for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":75885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[298,66,17],"class_list":["post-75884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mutua-news","tag-2022-en","tag-carlos-alcaraz-en","tag-mutua-madrid-open-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}