Carlos Alcaraz breaks his silence about the grueling trip to Shanghai after the China Open

The Spanish tennis star, who has been very vocal about the tournament's tough schedule, spoke again about his brutal travels for the Shanghai Masters immediately after his win at the China Open.

Accordingly Tennis infinity, Alcaraz ran into scheduling difficulties again when he left for Shanghai immediately after winning the tournament in Beijing on Wednesday, October 2, 2024.

The 21-year-old said after arriving in Shanghai: “Well, I've said it so many times, the tennis schedule is so tight, but we have to get used to it, or I think we have to.” Yes, yesterday we were at 8 :30, 9:00 finished, a three hour game, and then I didn't have time to do anything else.

He further added: “I just went to the club before the final with all the bags because I knew that after the final we had to run to catch the flight to come here. “We arrived at 4:00 am in the morning to be ready or to get some sleep here in Shanghai and, as I said, woke up here in Shanghai to get used to the conditions here and try to be ready for my first game. “

The four-time Grand Slam winner expressed his frustration and said that players travel from one tournament to another just a day or two before the tournament which is quite difficult but he believes that as a tennis player they have to do it and he will get used to it.

Alcaraz will play his first match at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday, October 5, 2024 against China's Shang Juncheng.