Q. Taylor praised your level after the match. He praised your sense of anticipation. He said Carlos is always guessing where the ball is going to go. Question is simple: how do you do that?
CARLOS ALCARAZ: Just I’m trying to be in his mind before he hitting (smiling).
I don’t know. Just depends. We study a lot the players in some matches or in the easy balls where he’s going to hit more often. Sometimes he change, the players change. But there are always a spot that he feel more comfortable to hit in a difficult moment or in a pressure moment. We study that and we try to have that instinct to go to that side and praying that he’s going to be to that side.
I think today I went to the correct side couple of times. So probably after all he felt a little bit in pressure in that ball. That why he missed a little bit.
But it was just thinking about one side and go for it (smiling).
Q. Do you feel a little like a goalkeeper against a penalty? Same mindset more or less?
CARLOS ALCARAZ: Yeah, I mean, it is like a goalkeeper going for the penalty. It’s just thinking about it, thinking like if I’m in his position where I should hit. That’s why. Just think of one side and go for it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it isn’t.*
Yeah, to do like that.
