"It would be unfair to me" - Alcaraz hoping to avoid night session against Zverev

Carlos Alcaraz played two matches at night so far at Roland Garros but he would like to avoid another one because it cuts the recuperation time.

Although the later starts did not seem to be a problem for the Spanish teenager as he dispatched Sebastian Korda and Karen Khachanov with ease in his last two matches, Alcaraz thinks, out of fairness, that session times should be evened out among the final eight players.

He said:

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"It would be unfair to me. Let's say things clearly. I already played twice on night sessions. I don't say I'm bothered to play it but I have less recuperation time, everything finishes late."

He continued:

“At the very best, you finish at midnight, then you have to go home, to eat dinner, to do physio, try to rest but with the adrenaline... It's more complicated to rest. So, be again, for the third time in a row, playing night session, it wouldn't seem fair to me."

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