Alcaraz reassured: "I needed this match and this feeling".

Carlos Alcaraz needed this kind of match.

Disappointing at the US Open, where he crashed out in the second round, the Spaniard put in a top-class performance on Friday.

Playing against Ugo Humbert in the Davis Cup match between France and Spain, the world number 3 gave a true recital in front of his home crowd, winning in two sets (6-3, 6-3).

Giving his nation the point they needed to qualify, Alcaraz expressed his happiness and renewed energy at the press conference: "We had a great team, and those who didn't play supported us at every moment and helped us a lot.

I needed it, I needed this match and this feeling.

It was a very solid match from the first ball to the last, against a player who knows how to raise his game.

One of my best matches of the year. I made no mistakes and hit the ball very cleanly.

It was a high level of tennis and physicality.

It's a week I needed, the love has been incredible."