Sinner : "You are always impressed when you play against Carlos"

Beaten by Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals at Indian Wells (1-6, 6-3, 6-2), Jannik Sinner try to told us, in press conference, how difficult it is to play against such an impressive player. Even if he could have done better this time.

"Carlos showed already so many things. For sure you are always impressed when you play against him, but you are also prepared for certain shots. He is moving really, really fast as we know. Especially on this court, where the ball bounces very high, it's not easy to play against him because he can play we a lot of spin.

What I have missed today is that I was too predictable at some points. I was doing the same things over and over again, which, in my mind, let me down. I was playing really, really good the first set, then after I... You know, when you see your opponent struggling a little bit... I was trying to stay solid instead of trying to move him around. So, I was too predictable at some points, I think that's the lesson for today. We will work on certain things, and hoppefully I will get better.

But it was still a great match. We both played really good, there were some entertaining rallies. And he deserves today to win and I wish him good luck in the final."