"Really happy with the focus" - Alcaraz as he charges into Cincinnati quarterfinal

Carlos Alcaraz has seemingly found a recipe for success in Cincinnati as he advanced to the quarterfinal of the event.

By doing so Alcaraz became the youngest player to reach the quarterfinals at the Western & Southern Open since Murray did it over a decade ago. Alcaraz played a really balanced match keeping his focus in crucial moments and it's something that's very important for him:

"I know that Marin is a really aggressive player. I had to be really focussed on the match. I knew that it was going to be a tough match, that I had to be [mentally] in the match all the time. I knew that I was going to have my chances to break his big serve. So I'm really happy with the performance and the focus in the match."

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Alcaraz played an almost perfect match but a minor serving hiccup in the first set nearly cost him. He was up 5-4 and serving for the set but committed three consecutive double faults to give back the break. He escaped in the tiebreak but admitted:

"Obviously these kind of things can happen in really close moments. It's tough to come back after three double faults in a row to break my serve in that moment, but I am serving really well so I will just train a little bit more tomorrow before the quarter-finals. But I have the confidence pretty high."

Alcarua has a chance to rise to number two in the ranknigs but he needs to win the trophy to do so.

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