"I made a couple of mistakes but after that I stayed calm" - Alcaraz averts Dimitrov test in Paris

Carlos Alcaraz was able to keep it in two sets against Grigor Dimitrov and avoided complications midway through the second set.

Alcaraz was up a break in the second set of the match but allowed Dimitrov to make the 0-3 deficit into a 3-3 score. The Bulgarian even had a 40-15 advantage in the next game but Alcaraz saved those break points to keep himself in the match. He then finished it off 6-3 saying after the match:

“I started playing pretty well. [Grigor’s] level is very much not the level you saw today, but I played very well. At the end of the second set, it was tougher for me, he came back, he raised the level and obviously it was tough. He had the chance to go up in the second set, I had to stay calm in that moment and show my best to not allow him to go up.”

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Speaking about the midway point when Dimitrov had all the momentum with a chance to turn things completely around, Alcaraz said:

“In that moment you have to stay calm, to think [about] what is happening and after that try to change a little bit. I [made] a couple of mistakes at the beginning of the match, but after that I stayed calm.”