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Carlos Alcaraz warns French Open rivals as he shares weapon for 'tough moments'


Carlos Alcaraz has opened up on his “weapon” to use when matches get tricky after getting revenge over Sebastian Korda at the French Open. The American was the only player to have defeated the world No 6 on a clay court so far this year but Alcaraz made sure he was successful this time as he beat the 27th seed 6-4 6-4 6-2 in two hours and six minutes.

Alcaraz was victorious in his grudge match against Korda, who was the last player to beat him less than two months ago at the Monte Carlo Masters. Now on a 13 match-winning streak, the five-time title winner was asked why he used serve-and-volley three times when things got close at the end of the second set and he revealed it was one of his “weapons” for “tough moments”.

“I know Juan Carlos always told me that in the tough moments, the close moments, I always go aggressive,” he said in his on-court interview, referring to his coach and the former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero.

“If I can do serve and volley I do, but the second and third time I play serve and volley, I feel comfortable doing that. So I think it’s an weapon that I have and in tough moments I used it.” The 19-year-old also shared his gratitude for the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd after what was his second match in the evening and first official night session match.

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