Carlos Alcaraz has admitted that he struggled with his serve in his first few Wimbledon matches.
The reigning champion was given a tough time in matches against Fabio Fognini, Jan-Lennard Struff and Andrey Rublev.
However, he blitzed past Cameron Norrie in straight sets in the quarter-final yesterday – as he had done against world No. 733 Oliver Tarvet in round two.
Alcaraz has now revealed why he has improved.
The Spaniard said after beating Norrie: “I struggled a little bit in the first rounds of the tournament trying to improve a little bit. I don’t know if it was the throw of the ball or just the rhythm but I just got it on Rublev’s match and started to play really good. The percentage went higher. The winning point on the first serve was higher as well.
“I think I started to throw the ball on the serve much better and I think that helped a lot, coming on the serve.
“Once I got the good rhythm and throw of the ball I started to serve much better and I think today I tried to follow the same way that I served in Rublev’s match so hopefully keep it going and keep feeling the good way again.”
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