On the morning of March 16, the second semi-final of the Indian Wells Masters, one of the first ATP Masters tournaments in North America - North America's "Sunshine Doubles", came to an end.

After the start of the match, Alcaraz felt cold and in no condition, there was no threat on his serve, and he made frequent mistakes in attack, and was soon broken by Draper, who took the lead in serving, and lost the first set unexpectedly with a disparity of 1:6. In the second set, Draper was at a loss, and Alcaraz broke three consecutive service games, and even more inexplicably handed over the second set with a disparity of 0:6.

Alcaraz, who had woken up from a big dream, would be able to chase after the victory in the deciding set and defend the glory of the defending champion, but he never thought that Alcaraz was inexplicably broken by Draper in the third and seventh games, pushing himself into a desperate situation of falling behind 2:5. Although Alcaraz struggled to break Draper's first service game, he only struggled to recover, and finally was unable to recover, surrendering in Draper's second service game.

Such an inexplicable game, fans can't understand it, and even the two parties themselves feel inexplicable. Draper said: "I was surprised that Alcaraz had too many unforced errors, especially in the first set. Alcaraz said: "I was nervous and irritable all day and didn't train well. There was a lot of tension in the game, I couldn't find my own rhythm and I made too many mistakes. ”

In his post-match press conference, Alcaraz further explained: "Before the match I was always thinking about how my opponent would perform, rather than focusing on my own preparation. I'm thinking about his style of play, he's holding his left hand and backhand, he's very strong and consistent, and it must be very physically demanding and very hard to play against him. These thoughts have been bothering me and making me so irritable that I can't even train well. I was in a state of extreme tension during the match, focusing too much on my opponent's performance and level rather than focusing on my own game. ”

Listening to Alcaraz's words, many fans were relieved: "It turned out that Alcaraz's psychological burden was too heavy, and he always wanted to win the championship for three consecutive years, so that he had an unbalanced mentality, fell into the quagmire of wanting to win and being afraid of losing, constantly breeding negative tension, and even irritability, and it was difficult to play normally in the game." ”

However, the bean flour still feels inexplicable and difficult to let go of for a long time! Alcaraz is not yet 22 years old, having already won four Grand Slam titles, five Masters titles, and has already reached the top of the world number one, and is the youngest world number one since the introduction of the computerized points ranking system in ATP1971. Alcaraz has already surpassed countless tennis seniors, let alone current players. Therefore, Alcaraz on the ATP Tour should not have any pressure, as long as he plays at a normal level and does his best in the game, it doesn't matter if he wins or loses!

What's more, Draper, who is across the net from Alcaraz, only broke into the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time at the US Open last year, and this time the Indian Wells Masters is also the first time he has reached the semifinals of the Masters. How did a nervous and irritable person become an Alcaraz?

Alcaraz also said that he was always thinking about Draper's performance, worried that his left-handed serve would make it difficult for him to adapt, worried about his strong hitting and consistent play, worried about the physical consumption of his matches and affecting the rest of the game, etc. This is even more inexplicable! No matter how strong Draper is, Alcaraz has already faced him four times, and with a three-one lead, he should have a psychological advantage.

In the final analysis, Doufan feels that it is Alcaraz's attitude towards tennis that is wrong! Before the retirement of the Spanish god of war Nadal, he often said: "My incomparable love for tennis inspires me to fight tenaciously on the court and never give up." It's time for Alcaraz to put aside his winning spirit and look up to his idol Rafael Nadal: I love tennis so much that I want to play with all my might!

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Colorful Bean Powder)