‘Killed Me’: Carlos Alkaraz admitted that the world was under pressure to leapyfrog as a leapphog as 1. Tennis news

Carlos Alakraj Revealed on Monte Carlo Masters Pressure to suspend press conference on Sunday was suspended Pronounced sinner As World No. 1 negatively influenced his performance this season, his only title came to Rotterdam in 2025 two months ago.
The 21 -year -old Spanish tennis star currently sits in world number three, leaving behind a 3,610 -point sinner in the ranking.
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Alkaraz said during the press conference, “Many people are asking me, or telling me that if Jannik is not playing then I have a chance to become number one. So perhaps that pressure has killed me in some way.”
He said, “I am not surprised because people always say that we have to win the tournament or the top people have to play the finals all the time or win the tournament.”
Monte Carlo Masters marked the onset of the Clay-Corte season, a surface where Alkaraz has previously performed excellent, won the French Open last year to win the Madrid Masters title in 2022 and 2023.
Sinner, current world number one, received a three -month doping ban in February after twice a positive testing for the clostabol mark in March last year. The 23 -year -old Italian is expected to return to Rome Open in May.
“I am just thinking that I am not able to be number one … in the clay season, even if I am not playing, I do not have a chance to do so,” said Alkaraj. “I think I am far away from Jannik. So I am just here and I realize that I don’t have to think about it and just go there and play. It’s my mindset right now.”
The four -time Grand Slam Champion has won a match in Monte Carlo so far, which ended in its 2022 and returned from the last two versions.
After receiving the first round of bye, Alakraj will face Francisco Cerendolo or Fabio Fogni in his initial match.