But he could be shooting himself in the foot by focusing on the ranking. After last year’s US Open, Alcaraz constantly shared his goal of overtaking Djokovic as the world No. 1 by the end of the season and admitted that he thought about the Serb and the top spot every time he practised.
He then lost three matches in a row for the first time since March 2021, crashing out in the round of 16 in Shanghai and losing his opening matches at the Paris Masters and the ATP Finals. After failing in his quest to be the year-end No. 1 in 2023, he said: “I have to improve to reach this point of the year in better condition, especially on a mental level.
“Probably tiredness and mental exhaustion, from being in a fairly high demand for so long. It is something that, if I ever want to win this tournament, if I want to finish the year as No 1, I have to improve and reach this point in the year calm, well and wanting to win everything that is thrown my way. But well, in the end I think I put it down to mental fatigue.”
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