Carlos Alcaraz has joined the chorus of players complaining about the quick courts at the Paris Masters.
He was defeated 6-1 3-6 7-5 by Ugo Humbert and praised his opponent, but felt that more could have been done to perfect the conditions.
“This court. I mean, I don’t want to say something that is going to sound like an excuse,” he began.
“You know, first of all, Ugo deserves to win, that’s obvious. But it depends. Because I play, for example, the Davis Cup indoor court, and the court was way slower than this one.
“So, I mean, when I played the first match, the stats came out that it is the fastest court in the Masters 1000, probably on the tour right now. This is crazy. I don’t know.
“Probably the fastest one in the last ten years in this tournament. So I don’t know why they do it. I don’t know why they have changed a lot, you know, a court from other tournaments and obviously in the same tournament, comparing to other years.
“So it surprised me a little bit, so I came here with not too many days. Probably I had to come earlier to get used to these conditions but I didn’t. But, you know, honestly all I can say is I don’t understand why they did it.”
